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Developers: Charles Rascher

Principal Scrapbook article

Oral interview with his wife Anna

Summerdale Park subdivision map

 

Click here for information about the 2019 Edgewater Home Tour

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Upcoming Events/Tours

If not otherwise specified, events are held at the EHS Museum. If the description ends in “…” click the title for more information.

  • 2019 Home Tour
    09/15/2019 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
    Edgewater Glen
    Register at St. Gertrude Church (6200 N. Glenwood) between Noon and 4:00 p.m.
  • Chicago History Book Group
    10/12/2019 - 10:00am
    Edgewater Library
    Chicago Public Housing (Click here for a flyer)
  • Wyman Lecture
    11/09/2019 - 2:00pm
    Edgewater Library
    Speaker: Rob Paral

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Museum Exhibits

  • The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: One Juror's Ordeal
  • Edgewater Beach Hotel, 100 Years Later
  • The Edgewater Beach Hotel Collection
  • The Historic Districts of Edgewater (Bryn Mawr, Lakewood Balmoral and Andersonville)
  • A memory of the EHS Museum building when it once housed Engine Company #79

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