Houses of Libertyville: A Historical Photographic Exhibit

Today's Milwaukee Avenue is the commercial heart of Libertyville, but it used to be a fine residential street as well. Houses of Milwaukee Avenue: A Historical Photographic Exhibit will explore homes gracing Libertyville's main street through the years - some long gone and some still with us today - through photographs from the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society collection. From the Lake County Poor Farm north of Winchester Road to the Insull and Patterson estates on the southern edge of town, the exhibit will showcase the stories of the people that called these houses home.

Building on the success of the photographic exhibits held the last three years at St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, this year's exhibit will also be on display at the David Adler Music & Arts Center. An opening reception with light refreshments will launch the exhibit on Thursday, June 2 from 6-8pm at the historic house at 1700 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville. The photographs can be seen by participants of the MainStreet Libertyville Housewalk on June 4 and then during the following gallery hours: June 6-9 from 9:00a.m. to 8:30p.m. and June 13-16 from 4:00p.m. to 8:30p.m.

"The exhibit is about more than wood, brick and mortar…learning about the families who inhabited them makes the houses come alive," said Jenny Barry, president of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and curator of the exhibit. "We're very thankful to our community partners, the David Adler Music & Arts Center, St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, MainStreet Libertyville and Dan Timm of Kreuser & Seiler Century 21, for providing the venue and resources to share a piece of Libertyville history."

The exhibit will reopen in the narthex of St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, 125 W. Church St., at select times during MainStreet Libertyville events this summer: June 22-24, July 20-22, August 17-19, open during Car Fun on 21 (6-9pm), Farmers' Market (9:00am - 1:00pm), and Out to Lunch (11am to 2pm).

Founded in 1955, the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society exists to "discover, study, discuss, collect, and preserve information and materials relative to the history of the community."

Contact: Jenny Barry, Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, 847-362-2330, info@lmhistory.org