Category: Long Grove History
History on the Move!
Long Grove’s historic 18050’s Ruth family barn has been host to educational and cultural activities for decades. Get involved and enable it to live on.
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2023 Long Grove Ghostwalk
Fancy a creepy historical walk around the coolest downtown in Lake County? Join the Long Grove Historical Society for their annual Long Grove Ghost Walk! The ghosts will be there… will you?
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Formerly Know as Red Oaks
Recently we undertook some research on the old house “formerly known as Red Oaks”. It...
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History of Mill Pond Shops
Construction on the Mill Pond Shops “shopping center” appears to have begun in 1968,...
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Maple Syrup Season
In a video from 1984, long time Long Grove mayor Bob Coffin and his wife Betty show how they tap and make maple syrup.
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Sears Catalog Homes Update
An update regarding the former owners of some of Long Grove’s Sears Catalog homes.
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Lemmon Hill
Origins of the Lemmon Hill ball field name.
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Why is the Bridge Historic?
Long Grove’s Covered Bridge is historic because it is a rare surviving example of a classic bridge design and it continues to perform the same function in the same place, just as it has for over 100 years. The design retains it’s integrity and the pedestrian walkway feature makes it stand out against the few peers that it has.
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Long Grove Of Trees
Check out the time travel image below to get a sense for what’s left of the original “Long Grove of Trees” that the Village was named for.
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