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Cantigny (/ k æ n ˈ t iː n i / kan-TEE-nee) is a 500-acre (200 ha) park in Wheaton, Illinois, 30 miles (48 km) west of Chicago. It is the former estate of Joseph Medill and his grandson, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publishers of the Chicago Tribune. Open to the public from February through December, Cantigny comprises expansive formal and ...
Enjoy a magical ride on Santa's Wildlife Express from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday Dec. 8, 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, and 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at Wildlife Prairie Park, 3826 N. Taylor Road, Hanna ...
Cantigny Park; Casa viva; Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad; Church League of America; College Avenue station (Illinois) Community Consolidated School District 89; Community Unit School District 200 (DuPage County, Illinois) Crossway
The Chicago Golf Club is a nearby prestigious private golf club that is located south of Wheaton. Cantigny, the former estate of Chicago Tribune owner Robert R. McCormick, contains extensive formal and natural gardens and two museums, one relating to the Chicago Tribune, and the other devoted to the First Division of the United States Army, as ...
The theater changed hands many times in the 20th century, and at various times was known as the Paramount Theatre and The Wheaton Theatre. In the late 1990s, the theater was used for second-run films, and more recently, as a small concert hall for rock and roll bands. The theater was donated to the non-profit Grand Theater Corporation in ...
The construction of Cantigny Golf began in 1986, by the Wadsworth Construction Company, and was completed in 1988, and opened to the public in 1989. The course, designed by Roger Packard, is composed of three 9-hole courses: Lakeside, Woodside, and Hillside.
The Fish Creek Concerts in the Park series takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Noble Square, 4167 Wisconsin 42 (Main Street and Wisconsin 42). In case of rain, ...
Cantigny: Wheaton: DuPage: Chicago area: Historic site: 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) estate with two museums: Robert R. McCormick Museum, a 1930s historic mansion with biographical exhibits, and the First Division Museum at Cantigny: Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Galesburg: Knox: Western: Biographical: Boyhood home and museum about poet Carl ...