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Historic Preservation |
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Learning About the History of Your Home 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 E-mail: rodsupport@cookcountygov.com http://www.ccrd.info |
Commission on Chicago Landmarks Staffed by The Landmarks Division of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development 33 N. LaSalle St. Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph: 312-744-3200 Fax: 312-744-9140 E-mail: landmarks@cityofchicago.org http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks |
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| 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 E-mail: rodsupport@cookcountygov.com 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 |
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| Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois Suite 1315 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Telephone (312) 922-1742 Fax (312) 922-8112 http://www.landmarks.org |
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Illinois Regional Archives Depository System |
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Illinois State Archives |
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| National Archives-Great Lakes Region (Chicago) 7358 South Pulaski Road Chicago, IL 60629-5898 773-948-9001 E-mail: chicago.archives@nara.gov http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/ chicago/index.html |
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| Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library 112 North Sixth Street Springfield, IL 62701 Telephone (217) 558-8844 For information about the library and museum please contact: (800) 610-2094 or (217) 782-5764 Library Main (217) 558-8844 http://www.alplm.org/contact/home.html |
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Newberry Library Maywood Historic Preservation Commission |
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Useful Websites |
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Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Address Conversion Guides |
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| or www.chsmedia.org/househistory/1911snc/start.pdf See also www.chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf |
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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 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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West Town Museum of Cultural History Maywood Historical Society Chicago Historical Society The Chicago History Museum Find out if a book is on shelf by using SWAN, the online Library catalog (click here) |
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The History of Nearby
Communities and Areas |
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| Maywood by Douglas Deuchler 977.311/DEU |
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Oak Park, Illinois: Continuity and Change by David M. Sokol Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven Cemeteries by Jenny Floro-Khalaf and Cynthia Savaglio Melrose Park by Fidencio Marbella Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Zoological Society by Douglas Deuchler |
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Homes and History |
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| Discovering the History of Your House and Your Neighborhood by Betsy J. Green 907.2/GRE |
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At Home with the Illinois Governors: A Social History of the Illinois Executive Mansion by Dan Monroe American Shelter: A Illustrated Encyclopedia
of the American Home by Les Walker Historic Homes of the American Presidents by Irvin Haas Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society by the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Illinois Heritage by the Illinois State Heritage Society House Histories: A Guide to Tracing the Genealogies of Your Home by Sally Light |
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The History of the Chicagoland Area |
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| African American Historic Places by the
National Conference of State Historic
Preservation Officers 973.0496/AFR |
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Chicago’s Southeast Side by Rod Sellers The Sky’s the Limit: A Century of Chicago
Skyscrapers by John Zukowsky Filipinos in Chicago by Estrella Ravelo Alamar The Chicago “L” by Greg Borzo Chicago’s South Shore by Charles Celander Maritime Chicago by Theodore Karamanski Douglas/Grand Boulevardby Olivia Mahoney Chicago’s Historic Pullman District by Frank A View From Chicago’s City Hall: Mid-century to the Millennium by Melvin G. Holli Chicago’s Parks by John Graf |
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| Mexican Chicago by Rita Arias Jirasek 977.311/JIR |
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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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