Grosse Point Lighthouse was built by the United States Government in 1873 as the lead lighthouse marking the approach to Chicago after several shipwrecks demonstrated its need. The promontory on which it stands was named Grosse Point (Great Point) by early French...

Built in 1865, and patterned after a design by Andrew J. Downing, this Evanston house was home to Frances Willard (1839-1898). Both author and activist, Frances Willard lived and worked in this house during the years of her presidency of the Woman's Christian...

More than one hundred years ago, Frank Lloyd Wright sparked an architectural revolution with the opening of his studio in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Every year thousands of tourists visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, and...

Explore this opulent 30-room mansion designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie-school architect George W. Maher. Find out what is happening at the Pleasant Home Foundation

The Robie House on the University of Chicago campus is considered one of the most important buildings in American architecture. It was created by Frank Lloyd Wright for his client Frederick C. Robie, a forward-thinking businessman. Designed in Wright's Oak Park...

Hull House, Chicago's first and the nation's most influential settlement house, was established by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr on the Near West Side on September 18, 1889. By 1907, the converted 1856 mansion had expanded to a massive 13-building complex...

Visit the oldest house in Lombard to experience the 1840's. Sheldon Peck was a traveling portrait painter, farmer, and a radical abolitionist. New exhibits highlight Peck's life with an emphasis on the Underground Railroad in DuPage County. The Village of Lombard...

Step back in time to the 1870's when you visit the Victorian Cottage. Restored to the era when Lombard was incorporated, the home is typical of housing built after the Civil War. A "cottage style" house, it features rooms furnished with Victorian artifacts that...

The Shiloh House, residence of Zion’s founder, Dr. John Alexander Dowie, serves as Zion’s museum. Many of Dr. Dowie’s personal belongings are on display in the house. Furniture, original light fixtures, and area rugs that were sold during the bankruptcy were...

The West Chicago Historical Society oversees the care of the Kruse House Museum. The Kruse House is a 1917 four-square home depicting the Fred Kruse family life style. The house is furnished with period furnishings and collections including china, quilts, jewelry,...