Images: A Fox Lake Region hotels Retro Gallery
The Fox Lake-Grant Township Area Historical Society researched and created a project on Fox Lake Region Hotels & Resorts. It was presented at various locations in the Fox Lake area.
The photos give a glimpse into the resort life that started in the 1870s as paddlewheel steamboats established routes to the area. Prohibition, the Great Depression and fires had a huge impact on the industry. For information about the society or to purchase photos, visit www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilflahs.
Lake view from Ehmann's Hillside Resort on Pistakee Lake.
Courtesy of Fox Lake-Grant Township Area Historical Society
Eagle Point Rookery on Pistakee Lake.
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Corbett's Pavilion and Buffet at Eagle Point on Pistakee Lake.
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Jensen's Landing on Pistakee Lake where Dockers Restaurant is now located at the end of West Grand Ave. in Fox Lake.
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A Sunday part at the Helvetia Hotel on Pistakee Lake.
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Ed Hennessy at the 3 Star Hennessy's on Nippersink Lake. The establishment was destroyed by fire in 1968.
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The Pistakee Station opened on the Nippersink Lake shoreline in 1902.
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A boat landing on Nippersink Lake where Lakefront Park in Fox Lake is currently located.
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A 1913 photo on Nippersink Lake where Lakefront Park is located in Fox Lake.
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The Illinois Hotel on Nippersink Lake was built in the 1880s and was torn down in the 1930s. The property is now part of Lakefront Park in Fox Lake.
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Point Comfort Bathing Beach where the El Puerto Mexican Restaurant is currently located.
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The Frog was originally an ice house that was converted into a hotel in 1870 on Fox Lake.
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The Fox Lake Hotel circa 1914. The hotel was built in 1877 for the Cedar Island Club and was destroyed by fire on Memorial Day 1915.
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The Mineola Hotel after a 1903 expansion on Fox Lake.
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This Fox Lake resort was built in the early 1900s and renamed Roxana around 1930. It is currently a bed and breakfast.
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The Yacht Club Bohemia on Stanton Point in Fox Lake.
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Shorty's bar on Grass Lake.
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Tweed's ice cream parlor on Nippersink Lake.
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Woodlawn Hotel on Nippersink Lake.
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The Mineola Hotel was built in 1884 on Fox Lake.
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