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North Shore Geography Quiz

8/24/2015

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Question

Clark, Brown, Blum & Seger are streets in Wilmette.

Answer

Sort of.   In 1886 they were here.   Take a look at the map of the corner of Lake & Ridge.  That was before the Village of Wilmette borders included this area.

Question

True or False - In 1886 New Trier Township existed and had that name.

Answer

True.
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Chicago Street Name History Quiz

8/19/2015

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Question:

What was Oakton Street called before that name?

Answer:

Harms & Evanston Road
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Here you can see on this 1886 map that the downtown Skokie area was called at the time Niles Center and the road was not Oakton but rather the Harms & Evanston Road.
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Northbrook & Glenview History Quiz

8/16/2015

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Question:

How in the heck did they come up with a street name like Pfingsten?   Was Daffy Duck involved in the naming process?

Answer:

No, no ducks were involved in the naming of this street.   Turns out two relatives, H. Pingston & F. Pingston owned land on the corner of Willow and wait for it...Pfingsten Road back on in the day. 
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This image is from an 1886 map.   I guess someone along the way decided to name the street after these residents naming the street Pfingsten rather than their name's actual spelling of Pingston.   I guess that would have been too silly.

On a less silly note - did you know that Pfingsten translates to Pentecost in German?   Maybe the family way way way back chose their last name when German law changed and mandated people have a surname?  Let me know your thoughts on this.  I'm curious to learn more.
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West Glenview History Quiz

8/12/2015

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Photo courtesy of www.crazytownblog.com. Thank you!

Question:

Why is that section just south of Abt and the AON Building called Dearlove?

Answer:

Ding! Ding! Ding!   You guessed right - the land was once owned by family members of the Dearlove Family. 
Here in this map from 1886 you see that Wm Dearlove owned a large piece of land west of Milwaukee and south of today's Glenview Road.  Relatives named K & G Dearlove owned another sizable piece of land just northwest of that one.  Between the two is a smaller piece that belonged to a W. Dearlove.
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The Rangel Family Farm in Wilmette

8/4/2015

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The Rangel Family Farm & Neighbors - 1886
Hello

Didn't I tell you I love maps?   If you're still here with me, maybe you do too.  Welcome.

The famous (for Wilmette) Roemer Little League Park is home to countless memories of family fun.  I've shown you their old farm and farmhouse.   Let's go one farm east and show you the farm of J. J. Rangel.  

The great thing about this property is that it is sort of still there.  In the map above from 1886, the vertical red line is where Locust Road is today.  The horizontal one is today's Old Glenview Road.   Locust doesn't extend all the way south to Old Glenview Road.  Know why?    Because the original (I'm pretty sure) Rangel home is still standing there!  How cool is that?

The home and it's garage and a lot of land are all for sale now as a package.  Here is the photo and link to the MLS listing.
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2648 Old Glenview Rd, Wilmette - Click on photo to see MLS listing.
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Yellow Circle - Approx. location of former Roemer Family Farm House (Although I think it actually may have been across the street on the golf course.) Red Circle - Rangel Family Farm House - still standing.
Here's the collaborative part - who knows something interesting about the Rangel or Roemer farms?  Please - nothing personal or gossipy.  I am just interested in hearing about what they grew, how life was like as a farmer at that time, etc.
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The Roemer House - not just for Sno-cones & hot dogs

8/1/2015

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Summer in Wilmette tends to find you here at least once or twice.  How can you resist a ball park, kids, baseball, families & Sno-cones?    Roemer Park is home to our wonderful little league baseball stadium but did you ever wonder what was here before?
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Photo courtesy of www.robertsarchitectsltd.com Thank you!
Let's go back in time....
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1953
Further...
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1949
A bit more...
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1886
So you see, before the baseball, the ballpark is actually on the southern end of the family farm of P. Roemer.  It seems that the family's home was across Glenview Road (today's Old Glenview Rd.)   Today that would be I am guessing on the property of Westmorland Country Club.

According to the United States Historic American Buildings Survey, the Roemer family owned that land from 1865 to 1987.
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The Roemer Family's Home - Sorry but do not know the year. The home was demolished in 1988.
You can see 13 amazing photos of the Roemer family's home here.    That 1950's ranch home you see to the left in the photo is still there today.  It is on the SE corner of Old Glenview Road and Westmorland Drive.

Next post...Let's talk about the farm just east of the Roemer's  - The Rangel Family Farm.
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