“1940-41 proved to be quite a year for a nice girl from Evanston, Illinois.”[1] So wrote Mary Jayne Gold in the prologue to her memoir, Crossroads Marseilles, 1940 (1980). Gold’s […]
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History of the Margarita Club: Women’s residence became hotel, then shelter
Construction of the Margarita Club’s new clubhouse was completed in the fall of 1927. Before the club officially opened, the public was invited to a reception at the new building.
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History of the Margarita Club: For ‘girls employed in the commercial world’
“The Margarita club which has recently been founded here is an institution fated to do great good in the community.” – “The Margarita Club,” Evanston News-Index, March 9, 1916. The […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Evanston’s Gilded Age: A look at the Pattens on Ridge Avenue – part 5
An in-depth look at the Patten house: James and Amanda Patten knew Evanston well when they chose a commanding location for their new home. It was a two-acre site that rose above Ridge Avenue, one of the highest points in Evanston.
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Evanston Dimensions | Evanston’s Gilded Age: A look at the Pattens on Ridge Avenue – part 4
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series on the Patten family. Please click here for part one, part two and part three. And click here for […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Evanston’s Gilded Age: The Pattens on Ridge Avenue – part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a five-part series on the Patten family. Please click here for part one; here are part three, part four and part five. […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Evanston’s Gilded Age: A look at the Pattens on Ridge Avenue – part 1
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a five-part series on the Patten family. Click here for part 2, here for part 3, here for part 4 and here […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Evanston’s Gilded Age: A look at the Pattens on Ridge Avenue – part 3
In the fall of 1908, James Patten watched as traders were selling wheat futures. Patten began buying. While he later denied that he had been “gambling” or “speculating” in the market, he did acquire such vast quantities of wheat that prices for wheat, flour and bread skyrocketed around the world.
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Evanston Dimension | Ask the historians: Victor Gaskets ‘ghost sign’
Many of our readers sent us photographs of the “ghost sign” that was exposed on the 1000 block of Church Street during the demolition to make way for the new […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Ask the Historians
I just read your article on the Evanston Inn/Hotel that was published in the RoundTable and I was curious if you had any information on the old Pembridge Hotel that […]