evanston history center

We went to the Dawes House (home of the Evanston History Center) on Sunday for their Holiday Open House. The place was warm and inviting, with its early twentieth century furnishings and soft lighting. Background piano music added to the warm atmosphere.After touring the first floor rooms, we headed upstairs to see the latest exhibit. What a treat! Showcased were displays of memorabilia, focusing on the ways Evanston had grown and developed, with special emphasis given to noteworthy people, inventions and industry. Did you know that the Tinker Toys were first made in Evanston or that Oscar Mayer was an Evanstonian?Finally, we were coaxed away from the exhibits when we heard the crowd below us in the Great Hall begin to sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which was written (of course) by an Evanstonian named Robert L. May. We joined in the singing as we descended the grand staircase. Then, before leaving, we also sang another Christmastime favorite, Frosty the Snowman. What an enjoyable afternoon!

We enjoyed our visit to the Evanston History Center. It is situated in the mansion of Charles Dawes (VP under Calvin Coolidge). Learned a lot about the family and enjoyed seeing furniture and furnishings from that era. There were many beautiful Tiffany lamps. The guided tour was very good - only 4 people on our tour - so quite intimate. The home is very well maintained, beautiful and interesting to see.The permanent displays upstairs were interesting to learn the history of Evanston. Take a walk to the beach while you are there (the home overlooks Lake Michigan) - which was enjoyable with a small park for the kids.We took the CTA there from downtown Chicago (Red to Purple line). It is a nice 10 minute walk from the Dempster stop through an Evanston neighborhood. Street parking is also available for those that drive.

I noted that, while Evanston has significant minority history - there's only one spot in the museum representing the diversity of which we are so proud, and it talks about strife rather than positive stories.It's nice to see the Dawes collection, and the information about Northwestern and businesses like Tinker Toys, but what about the rest of our history?

Historic Evanston about 20 miles drive northwards along the shore Chicago is Evanston the lake Michigan about 30 minutes north of Chicago . A charming peaceful neighborhood in north Evanston located About 20 miles northwards from Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan is Grosse Point , a promontory overlooking the beach and dunes of lake Michigan. The site was discovered and charted by the French explorer Louis Jolliet and the Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1673. The Grosse Point lighthouse was built in 1873 on land given by the federal gov to Archange Ouilmette, a Pottowatomie Indian in return for her father’s help in negociating a treaty between the US and the Pottowatomie and Ottawa tribes. Next to the lighthouse in a converted mansion is the Evanston Art Center which besides exhibits offers dozens of classes aimed at all sorts of ages, including ceramics, painting, jewelry-making and other activities.

This mansion and everything inside is well preserved. I visited in the winter and would love to go back in Spring or Summer when the lake is more easily viewed. The house is really quite beautiful and the history of Dawes' life is very interesting - vice president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and composer!Definitely leave some time before or after the tour to check out the display on the second floor. Check the website for more information and tour times: http://evanstonhistorycenter.org/The fee for the guided tour was $10.

The Evanston History Center is a place you will want to visit many times, as the 2nd floor exhibits change regularly. The Center is the home of former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Charles Gates Dawes and the first floor is maintained exactly as it was when he and his family lived here, in the 1920's. The rooms are lavishly decorated and the Library, Dining Room and Salon are not to be missed. The Center hosts a popular lecture series, "Under the Buffalo", so called because the seating are on the first floor is below a collection of taxidermy animal heads, including a big buffalo head! The Center offers holiday events for the city and its annual free Ice Cream Social in the summer is always a big hit! Additionally there is an archive center in the lower lever\l which houses the history of the city of Evanston, which celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2013. Use of it is free. Residents use it to discover the history of their homes and also to do genealogy research and research on many local organizations.Walking tours of the city's historic areas are also offered.

Love the Evanston History Center in the stately and wonderful Dawes Mansion on the lake. It is filled with treasures of bygone days and often mounts wonderful exhibits of local and national interest.

I've been coming to the Dawes House since I was in middle school. I remember sitting up in the old attic at the top of the mansion reading and researching facts about Evanston history that were stored on note cards in filing cabinets lining the walls.It is one of the most special places in the world to me.I loved it so much that my wife and I decided to host our rehersal dinner at the Dawes House. It was an absolutely amazing choice. Incredibly affordable and awesome to work with staff, we hosted around 100 people for drinks and dessert in this amazing venue. It felt in every way like we were just hosting people in our very own turn of the century mansion. Highly recommended as a place to visit for a peak at Evanston's history as well as the perfect place for a special occasion.

Not only is this an amazing mansion from the turn of the last century, but it was home to Evanston's own Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Gates Dawes (Vice-President under Coolidge and architect of post-WWI rebuilding plan for Europe). The whole experience is jaw-dropping. Don't miss it.

nadie habla sobre el barrio histórico de Evanston pero perdérselo es un pecado para aquellos que les gusta admirar un ambiente urbano diferente... rodeado de hermosas mansiones con árboles centenarios que proyectan sombras que alivian el intenso calor del verano... hay que apreciarlo con una mirada histórica y arquitectónica... disfrutarlo recorriéndolo con tiempo y tranquilidad... una joya en el norte de Chicago. (rampas en todas las equinas)