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Countdown to St. Patrick's Day - Irish Sites in Beverly Part I
With St. Patrick's Day arriving soon, I thought it was time to visit Irish-American sites in Beverly, a predominantly Irish-American neighborhood in Chicago.The Beverly–Morgan Park neighborhood is...
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Countdown to St. Patrick's Day-Irish Sites in Beverly Part II
St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Parish101st Street & Longwood Drive; Hurley Park 100th Street & Longwood DriveSt. Barnabas Parish is the first Irish-American Catholic church in Beverly-Morgan Park,...
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Stone faced at Academy of Our Lady
While researching for my upcoming book on the architecture of Chicago's Beverly-Morgan Park neighborhood, I spent some time studying the area's oldest school exclusively for young women, Academy of Our...
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Academy of Our Lady Grotto, Chicago, IL
Alumnae of the Academy of Our Lady at Longwood are very familar with the historic landscape cultivated by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who founded the school in 1874. Most captivating is a...
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Chicago's official "Hill House": Casa del Loma
Above: Baptist Union Theological Seminary Library. Photo by C. D. Mosher, 1887. Courtesy of University of Chicago, Special Collections Library. Below: Baptist Union Theological Seminary Library,...
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100 Years of Golf at Grand Beach, MI: A "Mecca" of Golf
From its beginnings in 1908, the founders of Grand Beach, Michigan (intiially known as Grand Beach Springs), aspired to create a summer playground for Chicagoans. With a picturesque wooded setting,...
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Not reallyboring: ca. 1875 Quintin Johnstone House
One of my fantastic friends sent me a link to reallyboring’s photostream, a way cool documentation on Flickr called the “House of the Day.” My curiosity got the best of me, and this south side...
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“Irish Castle,” Robert C. Givins House
Postcard, "The Castle," ca. 1913. Jennifer R. Kenny Collection, Chicago, IL With the upcoming release of the documentary, "Chicago's Only Castle," I thought readers would be interested in the...
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History of Evergreen Golf and Country Club, Evergreen Park, IL
Ellerslie Cross Country Club House, American Contractor, June 24, 1899, p. 29. Many local residents oppose Sterling Bay's new big box commercial development at the serene and wooded site of the...
View ArticleNorth Lawndale's Anshe Kenesseth Israel Temple
The fate of the former Anshe Kenesseth Israel Temple, at 3411-19 W. Douglas Blvd in Chicago, will be settled soon – perhaps even this week. Jews who came from the west side of Chicago would...
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Spreading Peanut Butter History
Did you ever wonder why peanut butter is so smooth, creamy, and easy to spread? Just thank one of the fathers of peanut butter who resided for many years in Chicago’s Beverly-Morgan Park community....
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