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  • Walking Tour: Double Houses, Lakeshore Historic District

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Image Credit: Jack Weiss This Walking Tour is based on the Design Evanston book Hidden in Plain Sight: Evanston's Double Houses published in 2025. It will cover the unique architecture of double houses in the south-central area of Evanston's Lakeshore Historic District. Highlights include the iconic Carter House by Walter Burley Griffin, the Linthicum House…

    Get Tickets $15.00 – $20.00 25 tickets left

  • Talks@EHC: Women, Intimate Wear, and Identity in Evanston: 1920s-2020s

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Talks@EHC: Women, Intimate Wear, and Identity in Evanston: 1920s-2020s with Kimberly Grzesek Wednesday, September 16, 6:30pm Free & Open to all. Scroll down to RSVP In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Evanston, IL What can intimate wear tell us about the lives of women across generations? This historical presentation explores how corsets,…

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  • Promotional graphic for "Curiosity Cafe: Uncorking the Women's Christian Temperance Union," hosted by the Evanston History Center as part of the monthly Curiosity Cafe series.

    Curiosity Cafe: Uncorking the Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Lunchtime Curiosity Cafe Second Wednesday of the month from 12-1pm at the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St. FREE, no RSVP needed. Come to the Dawes House for coffee, lunch, and informal conversation around a variety of unique Evanston History topics. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch; coffee and tea will be provided.…

  • Walking Tour: Double Houses and Prairie School, Ridge Historic District

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    Dewey School 1551 Wesley Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Image Credit: Jack Weiss This tour covers both the double houses featured Design Evanston's book Hidden in Plain Sight: Evanston's Double Houses and a look at the Prairie School in Evanston. The Ridge Historic District is a unique microcosm of both genres, including designs by Myron Hunt and Walter Burley Griffin. Led by Kris Hartzell.…

    Get Tickets $15.00 – $20.00 27 tickets left
  • lantern in front of an old house at dusk

    Evening Shadows: A Candlelight Tour of the Dawes House

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Evening Shadows: A Candlelight Tour of the Dawes House Friday, October 30, 6:30pm In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL As the days get darker, cooler, and more mysterious, it's time to visit the Dawes House by evening candlelight. Historian Kris Hartzell will guide you through on this special tour,…

    Get Tickets $15.00 – $20.00 24 tickets left

  • Talks@EHC: The Great Mothers-Awakening & the Struggle for Disability Rights

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Talks@EHC: The Great Mothers-Awakening & the Struggle for Disability Rights with Warren Rosenblum Sunday, November 1, 4:30pm Free & Open to all. Scroll down to RSVP In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Evanston, IL The struggle for disability rights conjures images of protestors waving signs, banging drums, and occupying government buildings.  But…

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  • Promotional graphic for "Ladies Home Journal, a concert with La Caccina" on Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 PM, presented by the Evanston History Center.

    Ladies Home Journal, a concert with La Caccina

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Ladies Home Journal A concert with vocal ensemble La Caccina Saturday, November 7, 7pm In-person event At the Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL The Evanston History center…

  • Promotional graphic for "Curiosity Cafe: The Midnight Ride of William Dawes," hosted by the Evanston History Center as part of the monthly Curiosity Cafe series.

    Curiosity Cafe: The Midnight Ride of William Dawes

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    Evanston History Center 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, United States

    Lunchtime Curiosity Cafe Second Wednesday of the month from 12-1pm at the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St. FREE, no RSVP needed. Come to the Dawes House for coffee, lunch,…

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