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Maywood Public Library District | |
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Historic Preservation |
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Learning About the History of Your Home
And Other Areas Using Government Agencies |
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| The Maybrook Court Building (For homes constructed after 1985) 1500 South Maybrook Drive Basement Room 061 Maywood, Illinois 60153 8:30-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday Phone: 708-865-4753 Fax: 708-865-4732 http://www.ccrd.info Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois National Archives-Great Lakes Region (Chicago) Illinois Regional Archives Depository System Commission on Chicago Landmarks |
Cook County Recorder of Deeds (For homes constructed before 1985) Downtown County Building 118 North Clark Street Room 120 Chicago, Illinois 60602 8:00-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday Phone: 312-603-5050 Fax: 312-603-5063 http://www.ccrd.info Cook County Assessor's Office (Main) County Building, Third Floor 118 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 443-7550 http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/filings/ searchflat/search.asp Illinois State Archives Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Newberry Library |
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Useful Websites |
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| U.S. Census Bureau Choose the time period that you want and see PDF files of old census documents. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html Your House Has a History Address Conversion Guides |
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Index to the American Contractor's Chicago Building Permit Column, 1898-1912 Chicago Historical Society-Polk’s Directory Chicago Daily News: Prints and Photographs |
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Tours and Museums |
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Chicago Historical Society Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States by Patricia Chambers Walker |
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The History of the Chicagoland Area |
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| You can see what is available at our library by using the SWAN Online Catalog. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| African American Historic Places by the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers 973.0496/AFR |
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| Maywood by Douglas Deuchler 977.311/DEU |
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Chicago’s Southeast Side by Rod
Sellers Oak Park,
Illinois: Continuity and Change by David M. Sokol Chicago’s South
Shore by Charles Celander Douglas/Grand
Boulevard: A Chicago Neighborhood by Olivia Mahoney |
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| Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven
Cemeteries by Jenny Floro-Khalaf and
Cynthia Savaglio NEW/977.311/FLO |
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A View From
Chicago’s City Hall: Mid-century to the Millennium by Melvin
G. Holli Chicago’s Parks by John Graf Greater Chicago
Historical Tour Guide by Ray D. Wilson Chicago’s Famous
Buildings by Franz Schulze Maritime Chicago by Theodore Karamanski and Deane Tank Sr. Chicago’s South Shore by Charles Celander |
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| Mexican Chicago by Rita Arias Jirasek 977.311/JIR |
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| Filipinos in
Chicago by Estrella Ravelo Alamar 977.311/ALA |
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Homes and History |
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Recreating the
Historic House Interior by William Seale Illinois
Heritage by the Illinois State Heritage Society House Styles in
America by James C. Massey The Old House
Catalogue produced by Main Street Press Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society by the Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society Space Adrift:
Landmark Preservation and the Marketplace by John J.
Costonis American
Shelter: A Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home by
Les Walker| |
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| Discovering the
History of Your House and Your Neighborhood by Betsy J.
Green 907.2/GRE |
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The White House: An Illustrated History by Catherine O’Neill Grace |
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Videos
on Historic Homes |
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Bob Vila’s Guide
to Historic Homes: The Midwest and West Bob Vila’s Guide
to Historic Homes: The Northeast Bob Vila’s Guide
to Historic Homes: The South |
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