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1. A black and white photo of Mrs. Elmer Viet and her daughter Northa Vliet outside the A. K. Stearns home, June 1939.

   Stearn's House June 1939

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2. 777 Bluff Road - An Architectural and Historic Survey of Lake Bluff that was completed in 2020. Additional information about the property is available at the Lake Bluff History Museum. 777 Bluff Road Includes Multiple Listing Sheets The second image was taken by Elmer Vliet around 1967 of the David Hall home and shows the Stearn's Chimney to the left.

   777 Bluff Road

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3. A. K. Stearns chimney - Black and white photo of the a chimney, which were the last remains of the A. K. Stearn's house built in the 1890s. The chimney has since fallen.

   A. K. Stearns chimney

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4. A. K. Stearns chimney - Color 8 x 10 photo of the a chimney, which were the last remains of the A. K. Stearn's house built in the 1890s. The chimney has since fallen.

   A. K. Stearns chimney

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5. Arthur Stearns Funeral Service - A Xerox article of a obituary for A. K. Stearns, publisher of the Waukegan Sun and other newspapers. Stearns practiced law in Waukegan as senior partner of Stearns and Field. Stearns lived at 605 East Blodgett Avenue now Bluff Road, on land he purchased from Ben Cloes and Ida Cloes. An article from the Lake County Independent stating that Stearns, representative from this district, would ask for the adoption of two new laws when he is finally seated down in Springfield. Also land transactions for property he owned in Lake Bluff. SEE ALSO : Memo 1, 2, and 4, Note 7 and Sketch 1 in this Catalog.

   Arthur Stearns Funeral Service

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Certificate of Publication - Certificate of Publication, certifying the Waukegan Weekly Sun has advertised the Proposal Notice by Board of Local Improvement, for a fee of $6.80. Copy of the advertisement from the newspaper is included.

   Doc 2732

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Certificate of Publication - Certificate of Publication, certifying the Waukegan Weekly Sun has advertised the Special Assessment No. 5., for a fee of $8.60. Copy of the advertisement from the newspaper is included.

   Doc 2731

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Certificate of Publication - Waukegan Daily Sun Certificate of Publication from A. K. Stearns in which he certifies that the Proposal Notice by the Board of Local Improvement has been published.

   Doc 2747

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Cloes Family - Two Xerox copies of the Lake Bluff Chat, one dated January 14, 1915 announces the death of Ida George Cloes, wife of Ben Cloes. She died of cancer at her home is Los Angeles the previous week. The other article from the Chat is a story by Ben Cloes: "An Old-time Thanksgiving of a Lake Bluff Boy". Ben recalls the family log house that stood on the property of A. K. Stearns (since demolished) and eating a deer their mother had shot near their home. The Stearns property was on Bluff Road, formerly at 605 East Blodgett Avenue SEE ALSO : Memo 1, 2, and 4, Note 7 and Sketch 1 in this Catalog.

   Ida Cloes Obituary

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Deeds to land adjoining Blodgett Avenue east of Birch Road - Elmer Vliet notes on a few deeds to land adjoining Blodgett Ave. east of Birch Road beginning in 1896 when Cloes sold a tract of land (Tract "F") to A. K. Stearns in 1896 for $8,000. Other transfers include Blodgett to Durand, Stearns to Herbert Angster, Thomas Stearns to Grace Stanley. Also included are two sketches by Vliet showing some of the land being transferred.

    Some deeds to land adjoing Blodgett Ave. east of Birch Road

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound? - The article If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound? written by Adrienne Fawcett, tells how a 16-foot brick chimney, fell one night after standing on the Lake Michigan bluff for over 100 years. The chimney belong to the home of A. K. Stearn's, who purchased 7 acres of land from Ben and Ida Cloes in 1905. The article states that in 1948, after Stearns's death, erosion was so bad that his home was very near the bluff. It stood empty for a number of years and was eventually destroyed by fire, except for the chimney. Another house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was built to the south of the Stearns house, which was also later destroyed. \The property was later subdivided into three lots.

    If a Chimney Falls in a Bluff ... Does it Make a Sound?

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Lake County Star "A Look at Lake Bluff" - Lake Forest High School Spring Concert Lake Bluff Junior High School An look at early Lake Bluff

    A Look at Lake Bluff

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. On the Bluffs, Lake Bluff Ill - Black & White postcard of bluff looking up toward house and foot bridge. Both cards have messages. Post mark on one card 1907

    Postcard #115 On the Bluffs

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14. Sketch showing land parcels - Tract F and Tract G - Sketch showing land parcels - Tract F and Tract G drawn by Elmer Vliet. The two tracts are parcels sold by Ben Cloes to A. K. Stearns, see also Memo 1 and Memo 2, and A. K. Stearns and Herbert Angster. Property is located off of East Blodgett Avenue, now Bluff Road

    Sketch showing land parcels - Tract F and Tract G

    Record Type: Archive

    
15. Stearns chimney - Stearns chimney, Bluff Rd.

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16. Stearns chimney Bluff Rd - Stearns chimney, Bluff Rd.

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17. Stearns chimney, Bluff Road

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18. Stearns chimney remains, Bluff Road - Stearns chimney remains, Bluff Road

    Stearns chimney remains, Bluff Road

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19. Stearns chimney view North - Stearns chimney view North

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20. Stearn's house with Mabel & Northa Vliet - Stearn's house was on the bluff. Mabel was Elmer Vliet's wife and Northa his daughter

    Stearn's house Mabel and Northa Vliet

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21. view north Stearn's chimney foundation - Slide shows Stearn's Chimney Foundation and view north to Blair's jetty

    Record Type: Photo