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Wilmettes 75th Anniversary 1872-1947WILMETTE LIFE, -WILMETTE LAKE FRONT and beach as it appeared in the winterof 1905.approximate location of an IndianAncienmission village on "the shore of at Trail Oncelake" (i.e. the Skokie marsh).Led MissionariesThe antiquity of this trail is fairlyFromwell established by the finding of Lake to Ridgerelics identified with the moundAn ancient trail once cut off frombuilders along its course.the old Green Bay trail somewhatFollowed by Missionariessouth of the present intersection ofMaplFather Pinet may have followede avenue and Sheridan road.this trail in 1696 when the missionLeading northwesterly it crossed awas founded and earlier it was per-northeast-southwest path marked byhaps the trail followed by Fathertwo trail trees at Seventh street andMarquette in 1674 when he madeLindenVILLAGE HALLS Wilmettes first village hall looked like this avenue, and continued tocamp near the present site of the(top photo). It was built on the same location of the present villageabout Ninth street and Central ave-Evanston (Grossepoint) lighthouse.nuehall in about 1890, when the village had a population of 1,458 and was.How another group of Jesuit mis-without sewers or water mains. When construction of the new hallThrough the present school-yardsionaries came upon Father Pinetbegan in 1910, the old building was moved on Central avenue west ofproperty it pursued its meanderingand his Mission of the Guardianthe tracks where it stood until it was purchased by A. C. Wolff, whocourse to probably somewhat northAngels is told elsewhere in thismoved it to 625 Park avenue and converted in into a home whichof Lake avenue and Ridge road, theissue.still stands there.The present village hall, shown inthe building originally cost $27,500.the lower picture, was constructedThe second floor was not finishedin 1910, and open for public inspec-until 1920, when the roof was torntion on June 3, 1911. It is a Peristyleoff by the Palm Sunday tornado.0type of building, that is a buildingDamages to the building amountedcompassed with a row of columns onto $12,600 and the alterations, in-the outside, harmonizing the fea-to VUiimethcluding rewiring, heating and plumb-tures of the site with the features ofing cost $30,000. The building wasthe building so that the hall is ofremodeled again in 1934, at the costequal importance on all sides.of $18,000. John D. Couffer was(Photo by Harvey J. Steffens).president of the village at the timeDesigned by Henry J. Schlacks,of the buildings construction.onit* 75tknniversarufrom Ujour t/elakbVic ^JSilli,ianmbtmV. J. KILLIAN CO.LIBRARY HALL, one of the first homes of the library, as it lookedin the 1890s. Picture was gift to library by Philip Huguenin.PLUMBING and HEATINGHEADS FIRST FEDERAL1943. A member of the playground933 Linden AvenueWinaetka 908Harry B, Johnston, president ofand recreation boaTd since 1937, hethe First Federal Savings and Loanhas been its president for the pastassociation of Wilmette for the pastfive years. He was recently ap-13 years, was a member of thepointed a member of the planningboard of education from 1937 toboard.