Wilmette Public Library Local History Digital Collection

Ruins of "The Breakers" near the shore of Wilmette beach

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Notes
Construction of "The Breakers" begun in No Man's Land in about 1928, never got beyond the grand staircase entrance. Note the lettering on the structure "Stop..Don't Go Up...Danger"
Date of Publication
1956
Subject(s)
Historic buildings
Local identifier
beach-10
Language of Item
English
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