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Title
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At Home in Skokie
Description
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<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Devonshire Manor Formerly Devonshire Golf Club: The Last Word in Subdivision Development Booklet, circa 1928
Description
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This Krenn & Dato promotional booklet focuses on the Devonshire Manor subdivision. As seen on the map included in the booklet, Devonshire Manor was bound by Church St. to the West, Keeler Avenue to the North, Dempster Street to the East and Niles Center Road to the South and was only 1 and 1/2 blocks from the Dempster Street L Terminal. The area's possible prosperity is discussed by comparing it to two areas in Chicago that developed after L terminals were placed in the areas; these areas were the Wilson Avenue and Howard Street districts. The advantages of purchasing property in the Devonshire area were presented. These included: the proximity to educational and recreational features such as schools, parks and golf clubs; improvements to the area such as gas, water, sewers, electricity and sidewalks; and the available means of transportation. There is mention of the park (Devonshire Park) to be developed at the center of the subdivision. Krenn & Dato's payment plan is discussed, as are Protective Restrictions in the subdivision; these restrictions focus on how and what can be built in the subdivision. Also included are directions to Devonshire Manor by L and by auto.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/2498">View the full record</a>.
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1928 circa
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
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Skokie--Illinois--United States
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If you would like a reproduction or a high-resolution image of this item, submit a <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/imagerequest.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Historical Archive Image Usage Request</a> to the <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
1920s (1920-1929)
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At Home in Skokie Digital Collection
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Devonshire Manor Subdivision
Niles Center History
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skokie history
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