Chicago Has Always Been Indian Country Date: Monday, February 9, 6:30-8 pm Location: Budlong Woods Library, 5630 N. Lincoln, corner of Bryn Mawr Contact: budlongwoods@chipublib.org, 312-742-9590 Dr. Dorene P. Wiese will discuss the many ways in which Chicago has always been home to American Indian people. She will present a six minute video she produced […]
The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society supports the renaming of Jarvis Beach and Park in Rogers Park to Marion Mahony Griffin Beach and Park. On December 9, 2014, RP/WRHS Vice-President Kay McSpadden, acting on behalf of the RP/WRHS, sent this letter of support to Julia Bachrach in the Chicago Park District’s Department of Planning and […]
On November 2nd, we welcomed antiques specialist George Glastris and jewelry specialist Keith Zaransky to our annual members-only party. We offered each member present the opportunity to have two antiques appraised by these experts. Pictures from the event are below. Thank you to everyone who attended and volunteered! Please do not use these photographs without […]
We had a wonderful turn out for our fall House Walk on September 14th. Thank you to all who came and to all who volunteered. We have another House Walk scheduled for December 7th. Find more details here. All photographs belong to the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society. Please do not use without permission.
The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society will sponsor an in-depth “tour” about Marion Mahony Griffin on Friday, November 14th. The guest speaker and guide will be David Van Zanten, professor of Art History at Northwestern University and author of Marion Mahony Reconsidered (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism), published in 2011. Begin the tour at the Sixteenth […]
Join us for a presentation by Shiben Banerji, PhD, a professor at the School of the Art Institute, about noted architect Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffin, the first woman to obtain an architecture license from the state of Illinois and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a major influence in Prairie School architectural […]
The “Clark Street: Then and Now” walking tour scheduled for October 11 is postponed until the Spring due to the ongoing Clark Street resurfacing project. A new tour date will be announced early next year. Please email or call with questions. Contact us at info@rpwrhs.org or (773) 764-4078.
What’s Your Treasure Worth? Visit our members-only Antiques Appraisal to find out! Bring your valuables and collectibles and internationally-known experts will provide you with verbal assessments of their worth. This service (limit of two items per member) is free to the Society’s Patrons and Life Members. Other members will pay just $10 per item. All […]
The Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society will hold its first Holiday House Walk on Sunday, December 7 from 1 to 4 pm. The owners of three historic bungalows on the 6100 block of Maplewood Avenue (just north of Peterson Avenue) will open their homes to Society members and guests. In addition to giving tours […]
Curious City, an investigatory news segment housed at Chicago’s NPR station, WBEZ 91.5 fm, answered a question about the Rogers Park and West Ridge Cabbage War. Curious City invites its audience to ask questions about Chicago and works with its listeners to track down the answers. When Curious City received an inquiry about the Cabbage […]