7344 N. Western
Chicago, Illinois 60645-1814
Phone 773.764.4078 or 773.764.4079
Fax 773.764.2824
Your Board of Directors
Send your comments, requests and stories pertaining to the Rogers Park or West Ridge neighborhoods of Chicago to:
rpwrhs@aol.com
Current Hours at the Society,
Wednesday & Friday - 2pm til 5 (except holidays)
Other times by appointment.
Call 773.764.4078 or 773.764.4079
Learn about our own
historical books:
Chicago's Far North Side:
An Illustrated History of
Rogers Park and West Ridge
and Neighborhoods
Within Neighborhoods:
Twentieth Century Life
on Chicago's Far North Side
Our 23rd House Tour and History Walk this year took place in Germania and Eastlake Terrace on Sunday, May 3.
Our starting point for the tour featured a curated photo exhibit. The unique history of this part of our neighborhood, along with the new improvements that have been blooming in the past year, opened eyes to the charm of this slice of Rogers Park in a new way.
What major Chicago radio station started out on Howard Street? (Hint: their early slogan was "We Broadcast from the BroadMoor"). What travel film impresario had his movie studio at Rogers and Ashland? What famous radio personality swam to work from his Eastlake Terrace home to his job on Navy Pier?
This year's tour featured a dozen homes and historic sites exploring the history and development of Howard Street in its nightlife heyday, the annexation of Germania from Evanston into Chicago in 1915, and the beautiful lake views from the private piers off of Eastlake Terrace's condo buildings.
