Related Records

1. An audio tape interview with Katherine Kuhlman - In 1983 Catherine Shively interviewed several longtime Lake Bluff residents using an audio tape recorder. This interview is with Katherine Kuhlman who came to Lake Bluff in 1941 and first lived at 544 Ravine Avenue.

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2. An audio tape interview with Kenneth Masonick - In 1983 Catherine Shively interviewed several longtime Lake Bluff residents using an audio tape recorder. This interview is with Kenneth Masonick

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Angster property - Correspondence between attorneys regarding the sale of the Blanche Angster and Herbert Angster property located at the eastern end of Blodgett Avenue along Bluff Road. The asking price for the six acres of lake front property was $35,000 in 1961. A letter between George Beaubien and John Thomson, attorneys describing the various properties along the bluff of Lake Michigan, including Lillian Dell and the Hille lands and right of ways / easements. There is also a drawing of the layout of the above mentioned properties, as well as the Park District property at the end of Mountain Avenue. All documents are Xerox copies. SEE ALSO : Memo 1, 2, and 4, Note 7 and Sketch 1 in this Catalog.

   Angster property

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4. An Order Approving Report of Commissioners - An Order Approving Report of Commissioners to Estimate Cost of Grading, Levelling, and Gravelling Blodgett Avenue Passed and filed with Village Clerk March 29, 1897

   Doc 2758

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5. An Ordinance Amending the Lake Bluff Zoning Ordinance - An Ordinance Amending the Lake Bluff Zoning Ordinance - changing the classification of the property located in the Knollwood Heights Subdivision, being the property bounded on the east by Rockland Avenue, on the north by Blodgett Avenue, on the west by Green Bay Road and on the south by Center Avenue from "A" residence district to "AA" residence district.

   Ordinance Amendment

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6. Contract for the Improvement of Sheridan Road Through the Cloes Property. - Contract for the Improvement of Sheridan Road Through the Cloes Property. In which Willian Hoffman agrees to do all necessary labor runnin across the "Cloes Property" for the sum of $425.

   Doc 2749

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Letter from Robert C. Davis to Village Residents - Letter from Robert C. Davis to Village Residents regarding the proposed street improvements on Blodgett Avenue, outlining what is going on with the improvements.

   Doc 2812

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8. Letter from the Committee for Realism in the Improvement of Roads to Residents - Letter from the Committee for Realism in the Improvement of Roads to Residents on "Items of Interest to the Village Generally" Goes into detail about two hearings for street improvements on Blodgett Avenue and two other short projects.

   Doc 2813

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Letters Regarding Improvements of Knollwood Heights - Letters Regarding Improvements of Knollwood Heights 1) Letter from Ernest Mayer to Philip Armour regarding the improvements of Knollwood Heights. Mayer discusses that everyone on the Village Board agrees with him about the improvements except the board President Edward Mawman. 2) Letter from Philip Armour to Orrie McComb stating he received the letter from Ernest Mayer, dated September 30, 1927, to settle his views on the improvements.

   Doc 3243

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10. Ordinance for Improvement - An Ordinance for the Improvement of Blodgett Avenue from the East Line of the Chicago and Waukegan Road to a point 475 feet West of the Bluff on Lake Michigan. Ordinance passed and deposited with the Village Clerk March 2, 1897

    Doc 2757

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11. Petition to revoke ordinance to close Blodgett Ave. - Petition of 24 names including Gus Cloes, John Cole. Frank Pearce asking that East Blodgett Avenue be opened again. Specifically citing that the closing will be detrimental to the interests of all real estate in the village.

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12. Petition to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Bluff - Petition to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Bluff to revoke the ordinance recently passed by the body relative relative to the closing of Blodgett Ave.

    Doc 2587

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. Report of Commissioners - Report of Commissioners to Estimate Cost of Grading, Levelling, and Gravelling Blodgett Avenue Approved March 29, 1897 and filed with Village Clerk March 29, 1897

    Doc 2748

    Record Type: Archive

    
14. Signed Petition Regarding the Closure of Blodgett Avenue - Signed Petition by the taxpayers of the Village of Lake Bluff for the revocation of the ordinance that closed Blodgett Avenue, as they deem it detrimental to the interest of the people. Contains 25 signatures. Is a xeroxed copy

    Doc 2364

    Record Type: Archive