House Walks
One of the most-anticipated and attended activities of the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society is our on-going series of House Tours.
The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society conducts tours of homes, businesses, and historic sites in the Rogers Park and West Ridge neighborhoods alternating with even years being in West Ridge and odd years in Rogers Park. For each event, we create a booklet about the tour which contains pertinent information, such as a historic perspective of the area being visited and detailed descriptions of the various stops along the tour.
In both, Rogers Park and West Ridge, we have introduced our membership to many beautiful, well maintained, examples of the various architectural styles that permeate our neighborhoods and lend flavor to our diversity.
A feature of each House Tour has been the accompanying booklet. Meant as a guide, each contains photos of the places to be visited and write-ups about each home visited. By themselves, these booklets provide a look into our neighborhood and celebrate our architectural heritage.
Attendees are given additional information about locations they will pass en route from house to house. It isn’t always possible to get some of these “hidden gems” open for the tour purposes, but, they are, in and of themselves, worthy of note.
House Tour Booklets
Our collection of House Tour booklets is fairly complete. However, a couple of them are missing. If you have one of these and are willing to either donate it or will allow us to scan it, please contact us to arrange for us to get this/these issue(s).
1985
The 1985 Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 22, 1985, only one sheet of paper--no booklet made.
1986
The Second Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 21, 1986. No booklet.
1987
The Third Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 20, 1987.
1988
The First Annual Spring House Tour, Sunday, May 22, 1988. West Ridge.
The Fourth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 25, 1988. Rogers Park.
1989
The Fifth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 24, 1989.
1990
The Sixth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 23, 1990.
1991
The Seventh Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 22, 1991.
1992
The Eighth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 27, 1992.
1992-1993
The 1992-1993 Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Tour.
1993
The Ninth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 26, 1993.
1994
The Tenth Annual Fall House Tour, Sunday, September 25, 1994.
1995
The Emil Bach House Tour, A Frank Lloyd Wright Landmark, Sunday, May 21, 1995.
The Eleventh Annual Fall House Tour featuring homes on Ridge Boulevard. Sunday, October 1, 1995.
1996
The Twelfth Annual Fall House Tour, "The Welcome Mat is out on Pratt," Sunday, September 29, 1996
1997
The Thirteenth Annual Fall House Tour, featuring the Cape Hayes Neighborhood.
1998
Do not have copy
1999
The Fourteenth Annual Fall House Tour, "Indian Boundary Park Neighborhood," Sunday, October 3, 1999.
2000
The Fifteenth Annual Fall House Tour, "Birchwood Beach Neighborhood," Sunday, September 24, 2000.
2001
The Sixteenth Annual Fall House Tour, "The Bungalows of West Ridge," Sunday, September 23, 2001.
2002
The Seventeenth Annual Fall House Tour featured the Loyola/Glenwood Neighborhood. Sunday, September 22, 2002.
2003
The Eighteenth Annual Fall House Tour, "Historic Chicago Bungalows in West Rogers Park," Sunday, September 14, 2003.
2004
Corrupt file. Needs to be rescanned.
2005
The Twentieth Annual Fall House Tour, "Homes Along and Around Ridge Boulevard," Sunday, September 25, 2005.
2006
The Twenty-first Annual Fall House Tour, "Homes in the Lunt Avenue Neighbors Area," Sunday, October 8, 2006.
2007
There was no house tour in 2007.
2008
The Twenty-second Annual Spring House Tour, "Homes in the West Ridge Neighborhood, Devon to Pratt and Western to California," Sunday, May 4, 2008.
2009
The 23rd Annual House Tour, "Homes in the Germania and Eastlake Terrace Neighborhoods,Howard Street to Juneway Terrace and Paulina Street to Lake Michigan" Sunday, May 3, 2009.
2010
The 24th Annual House Tour, "Indian Boundary Park Area," Sunday, May 2, 2010.
2011
The 25th Annual House Tour, "Featuring Morse Avenue,The Glenwood Arts District,and the Surrounding Area," Sunday, May 1, 2011.
2012
The 2012 Annual House Tour, "Deer Park, A Community of Prize-Winning Homes," Lunt Avenue to Pratt Boulevard and California Avenue to Sacramento Avenue, Sunday June 10, 2012.
2013
The 28th Annual Fall House Tour, "Featuring Homes in the Pratt and Ridge Boulevards Neighborhood," Sunday, September 8, 2013.
2014
The 28th Annual House Tour, Featuring Homes in the Peterson Woods neighborhood, Sunday, September 15, 2014.
The 2014 Holiday House Walk, features 6100 N. Block of Maplewood Avenue, Sunday, December 7, 2014, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
2015
The 29th Annual House Tour, features houses in Rogers Park near Pratt Square, Sunday, September 13, 2015, noon to 4:00 p.m.
