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The district includes 911 contributing buildings; all are houses except for two churches, Trinity United Methodist Church and the Community Church of Wilmette. The southern half of the district was originally part of the Ouilmette Reservation, an Indian reservation which was sold to developers and became the original village of Wilmette in 1872.
Wilmette's commuter railroad station is at Green Bay Road between Central and Lake Avenues. The North Shore Line served Wilmette from 1899 until 1955. [6] [31] Wilmette ran its own local bus service for 20 years, 1974 to 1994, Wilmette Wilbus, until PACE took over the 3 routes and the bus fleet in January 1995. Routes 421, 422, 423 and the 213 ...
St. Francis Xavier Church began in 1904 and would merge with St. Joseph Parish in 2019 with much controversy. [4] Saint Francis Xavier Church is located in Wilmette, at the corner of Linden Ave and 9th Street. The founding of both parishes would be highlighted in the 2023 documentary, Holy Ground. [5]
Valley Lodge may refer to: Places. Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21, Prince Hall Masons, Wichita, Kansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Valley Lodge (Baldwin, Maine), a historic house, NRHP-listed; Odd Fellows Valley Lodge No. 189 Building, Bay City, Michigan, NRHP-listed; Other. Valley Lodge (band) Valley Lodge (album)
Edens Plaza is Wilmette's largest taxpayer. As of 2014, Edens Plaza was estimated to generate 1.5% of the village's property tax and 25% of its sales tax. [59] In 2017, the shopping center had no vacant retail locations. [1] In January 2019, it was 92% leased. [60] Carson's closed after parent company Bon-Ton went bankrupt. [61]
The Frank J. Baker House is a 4,800-square-foot Prairie School style house located at 507 Lake Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois. The house, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in 1909, and features five bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, and three fireplaces. At this point in his career, Wright was experimenting with two-story ...
The Chicago and Northwestern Depot was moved one block north from the passenger station and became Wilmette's freight depot. The depot remained a freight depot until 1946, when Wilmette's freight service was transferred to Evanston; the station was then boarded up, and its platform was removed. On June 13, 1974, the station was moved away from ...
A new snow tubing facility opened in 2012 with twenty tubing lanes over 1,000 feet (300 m) in length and a covered conveyor lift. A new lodge houses ticket sales, food and beverage options, rental items, conference rooms, and banquet facilities.