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1. 2007 Highlights - This newsletters covers three residents unique stories and all the 2007 museum highlights and achievements.

   2007 Highlights

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. A timeline for the Village Market - A timeline for the Village Market from Elmer Vliet's book "Lake Bluff the First 100 Years". This document is incomplete, showing a timeline from 1871 when Conrad and Minnie Helming arrived in Rockland (Lake Bluff) in 1871 to 1902 when Adolph Rosenthal dies in 1902. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   A timeline for the Village Market

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Charles Helming standing on the steps of Rosenthal and Helming's Grocery and Meat Market - Charles Helming standing on the steps of Rosenthal and Helming's. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Charles Helming at Rosenthal and Helming Grocery

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Durable Goods - the Village Market - An article in the Chicago Tribune Magazine titled Durable Goods, about the 110+ year old Village Market, which opened in a wood store in 1888 as Rosenthal and Helming's Grocery and Meat Market. The article shows photos of early Village Market. The new owners, Sue and Rob Douglass, renovated the building and filled its shelves with dry, candy, fruits as well as prepared foods. The article features a 1902 view of the building located at 24 East Scranton Avenue, with photos of the old post office on the left as well as a photo of owner Charles Helming standing in front of the building. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Durable Goods - the Village Market

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Looking west Lake Bluff, ILL - Sepia photograph showing The Village Market and Depot in the background. East Scranton Avenue looking west. Also shows Message on one card, postmark unreadable. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Lookiing West Lake Bluff, IL

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Rosenthal and Helming Meat Market - Rosenthal Groceries and Meat Market, later became Rosenthal and Helming prior to 1900. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Village Market - A reproduced black and white photo showing the Post Office in a small building on the North side of East Scranton Avenue and beside it a jewelry store building. Across the street were numerous small frame buildings, a bakery, a real estate office and a pharmacy, among others. The Village Market, the tall two story building to the right of and across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, the northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Village Market and buildings to the west

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Village Market, Lake Bluff. IL - Color photograph of the Village Market 2007. Building is the oldest commercial building in Lake Bluff and is in the Uptown Historic District. Building was erected about 1900 by Charles Helming and always housed a grocery store until 2010. The building, located at 24 East Scranton Avenue, was restored to original facade in 2006. Sold to a new owner in 2010, and opened Wisma selling prepared foods. The Village Market, the tall two story building across the street from the current (2025) Post Office, is the oldest commercial building in the village. Its bricks were said to have come from the Cloes brickyard, located in the Birch Road area. This building was built for the new Helming's Grocery Store and Meat Market, which replaced an earlier frame building at the same location, that had been destroyed by fire, located on northwest corner of Scranton Avenue and Walnut Avenue, today 24 East Scranton Avenue.

   Village Market, Lake Bluff, IL

   Record Type: Photo