Glenview History Center

Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo was? We'll post a plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail that is or was in Glenview every Thursday. Answer to be revealed/confirmed the following Thursday. Last week's photo: the building at 1011-13 Harlem Ave., that today houses Greg's Barber Shop and Glenview Cycle, was the Post Office from 1930-1954.

Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo is? We'll post a plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail that is or was in Glenview every Thursday. Answer to be revealed/confirmed the following Thursday. Last week's photo: the statue outside the Glenview Senior Center (at Park Center) placed in celebration of its 50th anniversary and in recognition of former director Joyce Pottinger.

OTD - February 5, 1979 - The Village Board made it unlawful to keep vicious or dangerous animals; required removal of animal excrement from another’s property; required reptiles which kill be constricted to cages or under constant supervision outside of a cage; and created the position of Animal Control Officer in the Police Department. (Photo: the ban did not apply to "Hug the Bear" activities at the Glenview Street Sale in the '70s.)

Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo is? We'll post a plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail that is or was in Glenview every Thursday. Answer to be revealed/confirmed the following Thursday. Last week's photo: the old Glenview State Bank on Glenview Road.

TBT - Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo was? We'll post a plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail that is or was in Glenview every Thursday. Answer to be revealed/confirmed the following Thursday. Last week's photo: a bench at the entrance to Glenview Public Library dedicated in 2018 in memory of employee Diane "Dee" Dillon.

Thanks to GVTV for this video about the Tyner women -- Emily and Evelyn -- that was featured in our Village Flashback column in the January edition of the Village Report.

Village Flashback: Emily & Evelyn Tyner Glenview has wonderful schools, parks and services, but the people who call Glenview home have always been its greatest asset. A great example of those who t...

TBT - Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo is? We'll post a plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail that is or was in Glenview every Thursday. Answer to be revealed or confirmed the following Thursday. Last week's marked the 1953 home of American Legion Post 166 at 1328 Waukegan Road, now an Arthur Murray dance studio.

TBT - Do you know "Where in Glenview...?" today's photo is? Guess where the plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail is or was in Glenview. Answer to be revealed or confirmed the following Thursday. Confirming what you all knew: Last week's photo was the plaque on the Jackman Park Bear (real name: Children's Fountain)

TBT - Where in Glenview...? is the name of our 2024 Throw Back Thursday project. Guess where the plaque, monument, statue, building or architectural detail is or was in Glenview. Answer to be revealed or confirmed the following Thursday.

We'll start with an easy one today.

Happy New Year! Enjoy these holiday cards from the early 1900s, which came to the Glenview History Center from the Dewes family.

OTD - December 30, 1903 - 13-year-old Ethel Blackman of Glenview was one of 602 who died in the fire that broke out in the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago. She’d gone with her aunt and siblings, who all lived in The Park, to see a performance of “Mr. Bluebeard.”

TBT - What's in a Name? - Rugen Road was named for Herman Rugen, the first Rugen to settle in what became Glenview, a farmer and patriarch to merchants and civic leaders.

This ends our year-long "What's in a Name?" project. Starting next Thursday, a new TBT project to test your local geographical knowledge.

OTD - December 27, 1965 - Happy birthday to us! The Glenview Area Historical Society was incorporated, later renamed the Glenview History Center. (Photo: Jim Milius, from left, Bev Dawson and Jean Voght in the farmhouse living room, 1998)

Merry Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas cards from the earlier 1900s, which came to the Glenview History Center from the Dewes family.

TBT - What's in a Name? - Bredemann Ford is part of a family of auto dealerships that date back to the 1837 immigration of 3 Bredemann brothers from Germany, who started out making wagons for dairy companies. Established in 1912, the family business, now into the fourth generation, expanded to Glenview in 1990. (Photo: early Park Ridge dealership)

OTD - December 17, 1943 - The Village forbid trespassing on private grounds and set a fine of betwen $5 and $50 for anyone hunting game – animal or bird – within Village limits on either private or public ground. (Photo: Keck house on Hunter Road, 1943)

OTD - December 15, 1950 - The Village Board voted to pay for two firefighters per shift for telephone duty on Sunday and holidays at the rate of $1 per hour for each. (Photo: Fire Station, 1947)

TBT - What's in a Name? - Built in 1960, Glen Grove School was so named to remember the original Grove School established in 1954 by John Kennicott and the original Glenview School.

OTD - December 12, 2019 - Local officials thanked Governor J.B. Pritzker at Glenview Village Hall for his role in blocking a proposed freight train holding track through Glenview and Lake Forest. (Photo: Glenview Journal)

Ready for some mouth-watering memories? Visit our new exhibit in the Glenview Public Library and remember some of the ghosts of restaurants past in Glenview history.

TBT - What's in a Name? - Acquired in 1958 and developed in 1962-3, the 6-acre Edwin Rugen Park on Harrison Street was named for one of the Glenview Park District's original park board commissioners.

OTD - December 6, 2000 - Von Maur announced an agreement with DDR OliverMcMillan to be an anchor on the north end of the refurbished Hangar One in the new Glen Town Center.

Come visit us today at the Festival of Trees at Park Center from 3:00-6:00. You can catch us by the gingerbread men. Tickets are available online or at the door
https://webtrrac.glenviewparks.org/WEB/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html?module=PST&fmid=245310489

TBT - What's in a name? - Palmgren Drive recognizes Charles Palmgren (1869-1946), who emigrated from Sweden as a landscaper for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition and chose to settle in Glenview. His son, C. Elmer, served as Village President. (Photo: Palmgren home and nursery office, now location of Carriage Hill)

On this Giving Tuesday please consider a donation to the Glenview History Center. We are working to preserve Glenview's past for future generations. https://www.glenviewhistory.org/

OTD - November 26, 1972 - Charles J. Rugen died. He’d been a salesman for his family’s Rugen Stores for 58 years. (Photo: Rugen Stores, 1978)

TBT - What's in a Name? - Avoca School District 37 was originally organized by farmers largely of Irish descent who chose the Gaelic name Avoca after the geographic land mass in Ireland where three rivers converge to form a waterfall. In Irish mythology, the location was thought to be the original fountain of knowledge. (Photo: Avoca West School)

OTD - November 21, 1953 - The Glenview Record Shop celebrated the official opening of its new quarters in the Patio Shops, 1757 Glenview Road. Art Hodes, jazz pianist, and Eddie Hubbard, singer, performed.

OTD - November 20, 1967 - The Glenview Village of Trustees approved a jurisdiction line agreement with the Village of Northbrook which set Willow Road as the dividing line between the two villages’ subdivision and zoning authority.

OTD - November 19, 1973 - The Village Board voted to purchase Ann’s Beauty Salon, 1237 Waukegan Road, for $90,000 to include with other parcels for a new Village Hall next to the Police Administration Building under construction at 1215 Waukegan Road. (Photo: construction, 1973)