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Glencoe Historical Society<br />
President, Ed Goodale<br />
Vice President, Karen Ettelson<br />
Secretary, Peggy Hamil<br />
Treasurer, Tony Ruzicka<br />
Founded in 1937, the Glencoe<br />
Historical Society promotes<br />
Glencoe’s history and heritage<br />
by identifying and preserving<br />
objects, documents and<br />
photographs. In the 82 years<br />
since its founding, the allvolunteer<br />
GHS has grown<br />
from a small collection of<br />
documents housed in two file<br />
cabinets at the Glencoe Public<br />
Library, to a national-awardwinning<br />
organization that<br />
hosts exhibits, lectures, events<br />
and a community research<br />
center. Today’s museum<br />
campus consists of the 375<br />
Park Avenue Museum, the<br />
377 Park Avenue Museum<br />
and Research Center, and the<br />
fabulous Eklund Garden. The<br />
museum buildings and Eklund<br />
Garden were generously<br />
donated by Sara C. “Sally”<br />
Eklund in the late 1990s.<br />
Our full-service Research<br />
Center is located at 377 Park<br />
Avenue. Through the years,<br />
the collection has expanded<br />
significantly as residents and<br />
community organizations<br />
have donated letters,<br />
pictures, newspapers, tools<br />
and artifacts, including many<br />
one-of-a-kind items such as<br />
the sign from Anson Taylor’s<br />
LaPier Inn, a structure which<br />
predated the incorporation<br />
of the Village of Glencoe<br />
in 1869. The Center is an<br />
excellent resource to discover<br />
local history. Our volunteer<br />
research staff remains ready<br />
to assist residents and visitors<br />
to the village in answering<br />
questions or researching<br />
topics regarding Glencoe.<br />
Please stop by the Society<br />
during open hours, or contact<br />
us by mail (375 Park Avenue,<br />
Glencoe, IL 60022), email<br />
(info@glencoehistory.org,) or<br />
telephone (847-835-0040).<br />
Our website is www.glencoehistory.<br />
org.<br />
The newest and by far<br />
most interactive exhibit<br />
ever presented at the GHS<br />
Museum focusses on the<br />
Sesquicentennial of Glencoe’s<br />
incorporation in 1869. This<br />
new exhibit features the 150<br />
inaugural inductees into the<br />
Glencoe Hall of Fame. These<br />
individuals, who were born in,<br />
lived in, or worked in Glencoe,<br />
and who made significant<br />
contributions to the village or<br />
the world, are celebrated with<br />
photos and brief biographies<br />
of each individual. Additional<br />
exhibit displays also include<br />
replicas of the Taylorsport<br />
lighthouse which briefly stood<br />
near the foot of Harbor Street,<br />
the Glencoe train station,<br />
constructed in 1891, and<br />
the former Glencoe theater,<br />
a community entertainment<br />
venue on Vernon Avenue<br />
which existed from 1940-<br />
1979. An extensive timeline<br />
presentation identifies<br />
significant events during the<br />
last 150 years which occurred<br />
in Glencoe, the nation, and<br />
the world.<br />
The Society has been working<br />
with the Village of Glencoe<br />
since 2017 to plan and<br />
organize a year-long, multievent<br />
commemoration of<br />
this milestone anniversary.<br />
For more details on this<br />
highly successful celebration,<br />
see the separate article<br />
regarding the village’s<br />
Sesquicentennial elsewhere in<br />
this Community Guide.<br />
Our Town, Glencoe | www.GlencoeChamber.org
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