Housewalk to showcase Oak Park neighborhood

The Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest holds its Fifth Annual Housewalk, Fabulous Fair Oaks: Oak Park's Elegant Estate Homes, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,. This year's tour features seven homes in Oak Park's exclusive Fair Oaks subdivision that is part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School of Architecture Historic District.

Homes featured on the tour include Victorian, Prairie Style and Revival Style residences designed by Tallmadge & Watson, George W. Maher, Charles E. White, Jr. and other renowned architects.

This neighborhood, subdivided from the farm once owned by pioneer Henry Austin, Sr., was considered in 1890 to be "without question one of the best west of the city."

Tickets can be purchased for $35 at Unity Church of the Daily Word (former residence designed by George Maher), 405 N. Euclid. All proceeds benefit the historical society, a not-for-profit community organization. For more information, call (708) 848-6755.