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In 1923, the North Branch of the Oak Park Public Library was opened as a storefront at 212 Chicago Avenue. It moved to 208 Chicago Avenue in 1932. In 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dole donated a building at the corner of Augusta and Cuyler to the Village of Oak Park to be used for "cultural and recreational purposes".
[4] [5] Additional grounds remain owned by the state, as the Pullman State Historic Site. [6] The Pullman District, including the national historical park, state historic site, and private homes is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St. [7] It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16, 1972. [1]
Founded as a public library in 1903, after electing its first board of trustees, the Oak Park Public Library has a rich and celebrated history. The library has a main campus overlooking Scoville Park at the corner of Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street, and two branches, the Dole Branch Library (at Dole Community Center) and the Maze Branch Library ...
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Despite winning 97.43% of the vote, it was Obama's 25th largest share of the vote by percentage in the 76 community areas he won in heavily Democratic Chicago. [16] At the local level, Pullman is located in Chicago's 8th and 9th wards represented by Democratic Alderwoman Michelle Harris and Democratic Alderman Anthony Beale respectively. [17] [18]
Located in Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright was 22 years old when he purchased the property and built the home in 1889 with a $5,000 loan from his employer Louis Sullivan. [4] Wright had just married 18-year-old Catherine Tobin. The Wrights raised six children in the home. [4] The original 1889 structure was quite small.
Solon Spencer Beman (October 1, 1853 – April 23, 1914) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois and best known as the architect of the planned Pullman community and adjacent Pullman Company factory complex, as well as Chicago's renowned Fine Arts Building.
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