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19th Century Club, Oak Park, IL

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Our historic clubhouse is available when not used for educational / cultural programs and philanthropic activities. The Nineteenth Century Club has beautiful, elegant, comfortable surroundings that are fully accessible and are completely smoke-free for your wedding, receptions, banquets, meetings, and special events.

Among the many charitable activities is our children’s programming, such as the one featurng Chicago’s own cultural treasure, Ella Jenkins. Through special activities such as our annual Fundraisers, we raise money to fund special charitable projects for the benefit of our surrounding communities and to fund scholarships for high school graduates. In 2007 we started using our facility for our GO GREEN Projects initiative.

Located in the western suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, we are a short drive from many Interstate highways, downtown Chicago, and both Midway and O’Hare airports. We are also accessible from Metra and the CTA Green Line “L.” The facility is simply perfect for Weddings and Receptions, Corporate Events, Quinceneras, Recitals, Programs, and Performances. Two dining rooms and a ballroom are available for Teas, Luncheons, Dinners, Buffets, Cocktail Parties, Graduation Parties, and Receptions.

Cheney Mansion, Oak Park, IL

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Reminiscent of a gracious English country home, was designed in 1913 by Charles E. White, Jr., a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. This 12,000-square-foot mansion boasts many handsome reception rooms, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and separate servants’ quarters. The two acres of beautifully landscaped grounds also include a coach house and greenhouse. These showcase gardens include a kitchen and cutting garden with an espalier fence, a woodland walk, and the great lawn for picnics.

The grounds are open to the public until dusk everyday unless they are reserved for a private event. Self-guided tours of the mansion are available by appointment or at community events. For open house information, please visit the Special Events section of this website.

Located in the Historic District of Oak Park, the Mansion is available for your special occasions including weddings/receptions, private parties, corporate meetings and events, concerts and recitals, not-for-profit events and fundraisers, and memorial services.

Danada House, Naperville, IL

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Commodity trader Daniel F. Rice and his wife Ada built this sprawling, white brick, 19-room country home in 1939. This was the home farm of the 1965 Kentucky Derby winner Lucky Debonair, ridden by jockey Bill Shoemaker.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the home and the 780 acres the home sits on, including out buildings and a 23-stall Kentucky style stable in 1980.

Danada House accommodates up to 250 guests in the Atrium or up to 90 guests in the main level of the House.

The flexible floor plan makes Danada House a unique reception hall and meeting facility for your event.

Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

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Our mission is to provide the people of Elmhurst and surrounding communities with a center for visual arts – known for its welcoming atmosphere – where art can be viewed, studied, created and appreciated in an architecturally significant facility that enriches the lives of our visitors by broadening their knowledge, increasing sensitivity to the fine arts, and sparking the development of their own creative talents. As the cultural center of DuPage County, the museum specializes in late 20th Century American Art in an award-winning building designed around McCormick House, one of only three Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed residences built in the United States.

Graue Mill & Museum, Oak Brook, IL

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Graue Mill and Museum, an operating waterwheel grist mill and homestead, is dedicated to maintaining a bridge between past and present generations in the belief that understanding our history is vital to our future. The Museum provides programs — for school children and others — that include milling, spinning and weaving and living history presentations, as well as artifacts which illustrate the way of life of area residents between 1850 and 1890 and the impact mills such as Graue Mill had on our culture.

Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL

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The Harold Washington Library opened on October 7, 1991. After the refurbishment of the Chicago Cultural Center in 1977, where the central library had been housed, much of the library’s collection was placed into storage. A debate on a new central library ensued and continued throughout most of the 1980s, frustrated by a lack of funding. Upon his election in 1983, mayor Harold Washington supported the construction of a new central library. Finally, in 1987, a design competition was held that drew five prominent entries from Arthur Erickson, Hammond, Beeby and Babka, Helmut Jahn, Dirk Lohan, and SOM. The entries were narrowed down to two finalists: Helmut Jahn’s glassy, modern design and Hammond, Beeby and Babka’s postmodern design that took elements from nearby historic buildings. Notably, Jahn’s design was to have arched over Van Buren Street onto the area that is now occupied by Pritzker Park, incorporating a new elevated station on Chicago’s Loop. As these elements were deemed too expensive, along with the rest of Jahn’s design, the Hammond, Beeby and Babka design won the competition.

With the support of Harold Washington and Chicago’s wealthy Pritzker family, ground was broken at the chosen site at Congress Parkway and State Street, covering an entire block. Upon the building’s completion in 1991, the new Mayor Richard M. Daley named the building in honor of the now-deceased Washington, an advocate of reading and education among Chicagoans as well as an advocate of the library’s construction. Since completion, the library has appeared in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest public library building in the world.

Katherine Legge Memorial Lodge, Hinsdale, IL

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The Katherine Legge Memorial Park and Lodge (Legge pronounced “leg”) are located on 52 beautiful acres of woodland, a perfect setting for any occasion. The land and facilities were donated to the Village of Hinsdale in 1973.

Alexander Legge was President of International Harvester. He and his wife, Katherine, originally developed the property as a weekend escape. Their ultimate plan included the construction of a home on the site. Upon the death of Katherine in 1924, Alexander established KLM as a retreat devoted to rest, recreation and welfare for women employed at International Harvester.

The Katherine Legge Memorial Lodge was designed by architect, R. Harold Zook and built in 1927. The first floor of this English-style building provides a spacious living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, restrooms and office. The second floor is a large ballroom with fireplace which was used for recreational activities.

Today, the Lodge and grounds are available for rental to accommodate private and corporate events such as weddings and receptions, meetings, parties, banquets, picnics, etc.

Lake Ridge Pointe Venue & Conference Center, Willowbrook, IL

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Relatively new to the Burr Ridge area, Lake Ridge Pointe Venue & Conference Center (LRP) is ideal when hosting corporate events to formal affairs. Featuring 8700 square feet, within four spaces; LRP can accommodate up to 400 guests reception setting. Main Space Capacity per Configuration: Class-Room 295, Theatre 375, Plated 325, Buffet 290. LRP is responding to the demand for providing increased value during this economical disarray… LRP’s venue rates are not subject to increase; based upon the type of event being held… LRP is featuring its own stimulus package and we’re Locking-In 2009 events, at 2008 Venue Rates! For a limited time; Clients and Event Planners will receive our Rental Cost/Discount on: Themed Designed Components, Place Settings, Linens, Floral and Décor Elements! When staffing is required, LRP’s pool of BASSET/TIP Certified Bartenders and ServeSafe Servers’ fees are conservatively estimated at 30% less; to what is customary in the industry. Third Offering: Includes the Ability to Purchase and Deliver Alcohol/Non-Alcohol Beverages –with the understanding that there are No Cash Bars Allowed and that the Serving of Shots will NOT be served. Conditions and costs for Security, BASSET Bartenders, Servers and DRAM Liability Coverage when alcohol is being served, apply. The transitional/open gallary design combines marble, glass and cherry wood accent –conveying both Retro & Contemporary décor. Once the client has completed their walk-thru appointment, Lake Ridge Pointe will generate a floor plan draft, according to your vision. LRP will then present options for décor components & elements complimenting the direction set during the walk-thru. Bringing to surface, a customized atmosphere; separate from what is being used or made available, everywhere else.

Pleasant Home, Oak Park, IL

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Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, is a landmark Prairie Style house museum located in the heart of Oak Park, Illinois, one the nation’s most architecturally significant villages.

Pleasant Home is a national architectural treasure, designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie Style architect George W. Maher for investment banker and philanthropist John W. Farson. The home is one of the earliest and most distinguished examples of Prairie School architecture and is the finest surviving example of Maher’s work. Though Maher designed more than 300 structures in the Unites States, Pleasant Home is the only Maher building open to the public as a museum.

The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was declared a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior in 1996. Much more than a museum, Pleasant Home is a vibrant cultural destination offering a year-round schedule of educational programs, community events and cultural performances. Pleasant Home is also a popular location for weddings, special occasions and corporate events.

A historic property of the Park District of Oak Park, Pleasant Home is operated by the Pleasant Home Foundation, which was formed in 1990 to preserve, restore, and operate the home. Pleasant Home is a beloved Oak Park treasure and destination for visitors to Oak Park from throughout the world, who come to enjoy the well-known Chicago suburb’s rich architectural, historic and cultural offerings.

Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL

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The construction of a “vaudeville movie palace” in Joliet, Illinois was the undertaking of the six Rubens brothers. The Royal Theatre Company was formed to guarantee the 2 million dollar project. With the opening of the theatre on May 24, 1926, the Royal Theatre Company leased the operation of the theatre to the Great States Theatre, Inc. The property remained under the control and direction of the Rubens brothers.

C. W. and George L. Rapp founded the Chicago firm of Rapp & Rapp Architects in 1906. Following the Rialto Square Theatre project, they continued to build ornate theatres throughout the Midwest.

The Rialto Square Theatre building was another Kaiser-Ducett masterpiece. Kaiser-Ducett was also the main contractor for many of the exhibits at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair. In 1956, Charles 0. Kaiser, son of Oscar, and George G. Nelson took over the firm until it was sold in 1968.

The Rialto’s magnificent European architecture is the signature work of the late Eugene Romeo, a Sicilian immigrant who settled in Park Ridge, Illinois. Romeo joined the McNulty Brothers Company of Chicago, one of the largest plastering firms in the country. A sampling of buildings in the Chicago area which bear his work include the Board of Trade, Chicago Daily News Building, Soldier Field, Merchandise Mart, Blackstone Theatre, Wrigley Building and the Joliet Township High School Auditorium.