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    View looks east over Lake Michigan...

    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"...

    In pencil on the reverse "Identification and story in Wilmette Life, June 8, 1950, p.62. Address is 802 Lake Ave., circa 1900. Mrs W. Butz."

    Contemporary view of the old Wilmette Pharmacy building...

Wilmette Life, 3 Jul 2008, p. 5     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. Connie Casey of the Wilmette Historical Society leads a tour of historic houses in Wilmette

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Sep 2007, D3     A party was held Aug. 3 at the Lansdowne estate on Lake Michigan to celebrate Orren Pickell Designers and Builders purchase of the property. Lansdowne is a 14,500 square foot mansion designed for the head of Rand McNally by Benjamin Marshall, architect. The home and pool are for sale and ...

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Aug 2000, D3     ...

Ken Goze, Wilmette Life, 28 Feb 2008, 5, 11     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. Regency Development LLC has proposed a four-story mixed use building at Ridge Road and Wilmette Avenue. Preservationists say it would mean the loss of buildings with deep links to the area's early history. The project would raze existing buildings at 400 to 418 ...

    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...

    This frame house the residence of Francis Irving Jacobs, Civil War veteran, from 1910-1914...

    This frame house was owned by Francis Irving Jacobs, Civil War veteran, from 1894-1909...

Jon Durr, Wilmette Life, 9 Aug 2012, p. 5     Since 1988 the Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission has been encouraging the preservation of buildings and landscapes in Wilmette. To further that goal the Commission runs an annual program of recognition awards. Comments by commissioner Senta Plunkett. This year the Commission is working with the Wilmette Historical Museum to celebrate Wilmette's ...

Jon Durr, Wilmette Life, 9 Aug 2012, p. 5     Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission honored Roemer Park's restoration of the baseball field in 2011. Comments by Commission chair Senta Plunkett. The Commission is calling for award nominations for the year. Photograph of The Pink House on the 1000 block of Chestnut Ave. which was also honored by the Commission. Full ...

Rob Dicker, Wilmette Life, 10 May 2012, p. 7     An Oak Brook contractor, Joe Catrambone, plans to dismantle the building, now at 1320 Isabella St., and take all of its original components to his Wauconda lakefront property. The 1920 cottage had been targed for demolition. The building was designed by Rudolph Schindler, while he worked for Frank Lloyd Wright. ...

Mike Isaacs, Wilmette Life, 19 Aug 2010, p. 12     A $15 million grant for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation has been announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help preserve the concentration camp as a museum. Photograph U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, D-4th, with Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center PResident Fritzie Fritzshall

Mary Graham, Wilmette Life, 27 May 2010, 39, 40, , 41     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. Wilmette Historical Society held it's spring housewalk May 16 featuring four historic buildings on Central St. including the Masonic Temple. The event raised about $10,500 for the Wilmette Historical Museum's programs and exhibits. Photograph Meghan MacKinnon with Peggy Rogers of Wilmette; Glenn Dalhart ...

Glenn Wall, Wilmette Life, 20 May 2010, 11, 12     Windward, the Lake Michigan estate once home to Charles Percy, a former U.S. Senator, was demolished in April. The mansion was the scene of the murder of Percy's daughter on Sept. 18, 1966, which gave the house its notoriety. Description of Percy's career and the events surrounding the murder. Photograph ...

Mary Graham, Wilmette Life, 21 May 2009, B29     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. The Winnetka Women's Club's annual housewalk on May 13 featured five houses. In spite of rain the event raised $55,000 to be used for scholarships. Photograph Karen Considine, Victoria Birov and Julia Dennis

Wilmette Life, 14 May 2009, p. 6     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library. Sunday's Spring House Walk in Wilmette features four homes on Chestnut Avenue and Sheridan Road not previously open to the public for the Wilmette Historical Society's annual fund-raiser.

Ken Goze, Wilmette Life, 11 Dec 2008, 102, 111     Concerned for the future of his 1909 house at 507 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, Walter Sobel asked that it be listed recently on Wilmette's local landmark list. The designation will require village permission to tear down the home or alter its outside appearance. He is also seeking to assemble a group ...