The La Grange Area Historical Society is a highly valuable asset to our community. We were able to find a wealth of information about our house, built in the 1920s, as well as information about the area schools. They are somewhat understaffed with mostly volunteers, but the people that work there are very nice and helpful. It would be amazing if more people could support the Historical Society with donations or with volunteer time. There's so much that could be digitized; paperwork,...
Read moreWonderful repository of historical data on the founding of La Grange that took place after the great Chicago fire by Franklin Cossitt. His descendants still live in the village and occasionally share their family memoirs. Current residents can potentially find information on the history of their lot/house in the extensive files curated by...
Read moreWe went to check out the Historical Society Building, once there - found out they have paperwork and new clippings from houses in La Grange & La Grange Park. We pulled the paperwork for our family home and found all kinds of interesting paperwork....
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