Murderer, Dr. H. H. Holmes (aka Herman W. Mudgett) , built only one house in Wilmette, at what was then 38 N. John Street and was later 726 11th St. [Eleventh Street], between Lake and Central. The house was occupied by Holmes and his wife, Myrta, their daughter, Lucy, and ...
Murderer, Dr. H. H. Holmes (aka Herman W. Mudgett) , built only ...
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"...
Construction of "The Breakers" begun in No Man's Land in about 1928, ...
707 Central Ave., Wilmette, was the residence of Mary Elizabeth Ward Springer and her family after the death of her husband, Civil War veteran and Wilmette Village President, Milton C. Springer, in 1890...
707 Central Ave., Wilmette, was the residence of Mary Elizabeth Ward Springer ...
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