'Houses of Milwaukee Avenue' photo exhibit coming to Libertyville
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 from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the historic house at 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville. The photographs can be seen by participants of the MainStreet Libertyville Housewalk on June 4 and during the following gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. June 6-9, and 4 to 8:30 p.m. June 13-16.
"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, Aug. 17-19, open during Car Fun on 21 (6 to 9 p.m.), Farmers market (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.), and Out to Lunch (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.).
For information, contact: Jenny Barry, Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, (847) 362-2330, info@lmhistory.org.