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1603-1611 Ridge Ave. and 1125 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois Coordinates 42°02′51″N 87°41′19″W / 42.04750°N 87.68861°W / 42.04750; -87.68861 ( Ridge
A former Catholic girls school which is now home to the Evanston Civic Center [4] 40: Melwood Apartments: Melwood Apartments: March 15, 1984 : 1201-1213 Michigan Ave. and 205-207 Hamilton St. 41: Michigan-Lee Apartments
William Lorimer, US congressman and senator; William F. Mahoney, US representative from 1901 to 1904; James McAndrews, US congressman; Patrick McGuire, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient; Frederic McLaughlin, first owner of the Chicago Black Hawks NHL team in 1926. He named the team after his WWI army unit, the 86th Infantry "Blackhawk" Division
Founder of Lexington’s Wheeler Pharmacy, William K. “Buddy” Wheeler, has died ... 1509 Trent Blvd. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The breakfast ...
Lester Crown, son of Chicago financier Henry Crown and controls family holdings [5] John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, born in Evanston [6] Bob Galvin, former CEO of Motorola [7] Hecky Powell, restaurateur [8] Robert Sampson, disability rights activist born in Evanston [9] Gordon Segal, founder and CEO of Crate & Barrel [10]
The Frances Willard House is a historic house museum owned by the National WCTU and is a National Historic Landmark at 1730 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois.Built in 1865, it was the home of Frances Willard (1839-1898) and her family, and was the longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
In 1900, the WCTU left Chicago and officially moved to Evanston. An addition was constructed on Willard's former house in 1904 to print The Union Signal and The Young Crusader . After almost a decade in Willard's former house, the organization decided that it needed a new building to suit its needs.
The district is situated along a glacial ridge that was the site of the first white settlement in Evanston in the 1830s. As the development of Evanston accelerated in the mid-nineteenth century, the ridge became a desirable location for new residents, and the growth of Northwestern University and new rail links to Chicago continued to spur ...