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Glencoe Historical
Society
Contributing Columnist
March is International
Women’s
month which
offers an opportunity to
reflect on the accomplishments
of Glencoe’s many,
extraordinarily talented
women.
The inaugural class of
the new Glencoe Hall of
Fame included 36 women
who excelled in all areas
of community life —
government, education,
business, science and
the arts. Their stories are
generally well known or
at least well documented
with perhaps one notable
exception — a fascinating
woman by the name of
Grace Fuller.
Fuller first came to the
attention of the Glencoe
Historical Society
in connection with the
centennial anniversary of
our community’s Frank
Lloyd Wright structures.
In 1905, Wright prepared
drawings for a house
for Miss Grace Fuller in
Glencoe. The house has
been the subject of much
debate. Many Wright
experts believe that it was
never built. One author
even went so far as to say
that “no evidence has been
found to confirm … that
any Fullers lived in Glencoe
around this time.”
However, one of Wright’s
trusted Taliesin fellows
Grace Fuller was inducted into the inaugural Glencoe
Hall of Fame class, which included 36 women, this year.
The Glencoe Historical Society helped trace Fuller’s
roots back to the village. photo submitted
who grew up in Evanston
remembers driving by the
house as a young boy.
Although there is scant
evidence of the existence
of the Wright house, there
is plenty of evidence
that Fuller was a leader
among women in the
Glencoe community in
the late 1800s and early
1900s. Ironically, the first
connection GHS found
between Fuller and Glencoe
came from a gossip
column in a Louisiana
newspaper in 1897. The
item indicated that a pretty
girl who had been private
secretary to Chicago real
estate magnate Potter
Palmer for 10 years had
given up her position to
nurse a wealthy resident
of Glencoe named
Thomas Allen.
When Mr. Allen died
in December 1897, he
left the bulk of his estate
to this young woman
— named Grace Fuller.
Fuller had been engaged
to Allen’s son who died
suddenly of a heart attack
before the couple married.
Allen said Fuller was
like a daughter to him.
Included in the estate was
the title to his home which
was located on the northeast
corner of Sheridan
Road and Hazel.
Allen also left $5,000
to the Women’s Library
Club. The money was
used to purchase the lot
at Hazel and Greenleaf
where the first Woman’s
Library Clubhouse was
built in 1906. A review of
the Club’s records reveals
that Fuller was a witness
to the incorporation of
the club in 1893 and was
President of the Club from
1897 to 1898. The 1900
Census shows that Fuller
was living in Glencoe
Please see history, 15