The Jefferson Park Historical Society has expanded and created a new Website that includes all neighborhoods of Northwest Chicago, including Jefferson Park.

Please visit the new Northwest Chicago Historical Society website. 

http://nwchicagohistory.org

Jefferson Park Historical Society

Chicago, Illinois

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Linking the Past with the Present and the Future

The Jefferson Park Historical Society - Chicago, Illinois
link to home page
link to map of jefferson park
link to short history of jefferson park
link to events
link to newsletters
link to ideas and suggestion
link to contact us
link to mission statement
 

Jefferson Park Named to the National Register of Historical Places

The Weather was hot but what a cool thing to happen to Jefferson Park. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Park is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Find more information on this Historic Places event by clicking this link.

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Your Historical Society Board Members
Meet the people driving the Jefferson Park Historical Society.

Newsletters
Explore some history that has made Jefferson Park what it is today. Learn the history behind some local landmarks.

How To Contact the Historical Society
Contact JPHS to provide ideas or information for the Newsletter, join the Society, or volunteer to help drive the activities of the Historical Society.

 

Links to Related Sites

Explore other sites that are related to history or historical societies.
 
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Suggestions and Ideas

The adjacent picture is the Jefferson Park train station in 1924. This train station is located at the same spot as the existing Metra station on Milwaukee Avenue.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Color by Matt Schademann

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The Jefferson Park Historical Society is always looking for new ideas and suggestions about areas to explore, historically speaking. Information from the community is the best source, so we hope you will contact us with information and pictures that will help lead to a more complete documented history of Jefferson Park.

 

 
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