Article by Frank A. Windes, Winnetka Village Engineer Reprinted from an article published in the Winnetka Talk, March 8, 1930 Appeared in Gazette: Summer 1995 With the coming of summer, we all appreciate extended hours of daylight. Over 100 years ago longer days were even more welcome because… “There were no street lights in the […]
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Winnetka Way: Barbara Joyce
Gazette Article by: Barbara Joyce Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1994 Winnetka Way articles are written by guest columnists who have been asked to share their memories of an aspect of Winnetka that they remember fondly. Winnetka Way articles debuted in 1994 and continue to the present. Dancing the Watusi…No Necking In the days when […]
Eckart’s Hardware: Village’s oldest family business
Gazette Article by: Jane Lord Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1994 Three generations of Eckarts have made nuts and bolts their business in the east Elm Street hardware store that bears their name. It is Winnetka’s oldest continuing retailer. In 1881 founder Julius Frederick Eckart came to Chicago from Germany. Trained to do frescos, he […]
Sacred Heart Church Restored
Gazette Article by Barbara Sholl, Fall 1994 Updated November 17, 2021 In 1897, four lots at the corner of Tower and Burr in Winnetka were purchased for $1,000 to establish a Catholic congregation for 1,500 residents of Winnetka, Glencoe, Lakeside (now Hubbard Woods) and the farms located in what are now the communities of Northfield […]
Wheels Around Winnetka
Article by Frank A. Windes, Winnetka Village Engineer Reprinted from the Winnetka Talk, March 8, 1930 Appeared in Gazette: Summer 1994 These warm summer days are perfect for cycling along Village streets and paths. As we enjoy this season and the freedom our bicycles provide, think about what it must have been like cycling here […]
A Wayside Tavern for the weary: Site for Winnetka’s First Church
Gazette Article by: Linda Corwin Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 1994 A wayside tavern for the weary pioneers on their long trek from New York to Wisconsin became Winnetka’s first church, Christ Church. When John and Susannah Garland and their eight children reached the Patterson Tavern in 1847, en route from the East to the […]
Winnetka Way: Herb Timm
Gazette Article by: Herb Timm Appeared in the Gazette: Summer 1994 Winnetka Way articles are written by guest columnists who have been asked to share their memories of an aspect of Winnetka that they remember fondly. Winnetka Way articles debuted in 1994 and continue to the present. Cooler by the Lake On one August afternoon […]
Winnetka Way: Mike Leonard
Gazette Article by: Mike Leonard Appeared in the Gazette: Spring 1994 Winnetka Way articles are written by guest columnists who have been asked to share their memories of an aspect of Winnetka that they remember fondly. Winnetka Way articles debuted in 1994 and continue to the present. The smell of burning leaves drifted through the […]