Related Records

1. A letter to Elmer Vliet from James R. Getz regarding an inquiry about the Wheeler Convalescent Home

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. A letter to James Getz from Elmer Vliet concerning the Wheeler Rest Home and Colonial Inn.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. A letter to the Village Board from John G. Elliott regarding his concern of the "fire menace": "the old hotel building. This was the Colonial Inn and the Wheeler Rest Home and owned by the Wesleyan Hospital.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Colonial Inn - Sepia photograph of the Colonial Inn located on the south side of Sylvan.

   Post #214 Colonial Hotel

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Party at Mrs. Wheeler's - Sepia photograph of 22 people outside of Mrs. Wheeler's house. In the center of photo are Mr. & Mrs. Hobbs. Also identified are Ella Waidner, Minnie Parakhurst, Mrs. Waidner. Mrs. Wheeler, sister of Judge O.H. Horton, ran the Colonial Hotel on Sylvan Road.

   Party at Mrs. Wheeler's

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Sarah Wheeler Dies in Chicago - A Xerox obituary for Sarah Wheeler, dated February 16, 1923 from the Lake Forester. Wheeler built a large two-story hotel on the south side of Sylvan Road midway between Gurney and Glen Avenue. It was called the Colonial Inn, later the Wheeler Rest Home. Next door she built a smaller place named Grace Cottage. Wheeler loved social activities and often hosted large lawn parties. It was a place where temperance workers and dedicated Methodists were wont to socialize, among them James and Marilla Hobbs and Frances Willard. She later willer her property to Wesley Hospital in Chicago. ~ Elmer Vliet

   Sarah Wheeler Dies in Chicago

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. The Colonial - Front view of the Colonial Inn 1910

   Post 358

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. The Colonial - Sepia photograph of the Colonial Hotel which was on Sylvan between Moffett (Sheridan) and Glen.

   Postcard #120 The Colonial Inn

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. The Colonial Lake Bluff, Il - Sepia photograph of Colonial Innl located on Sylvan. Message on back but no postmark

   Postcard #118 Colonial Inn

   Record Type: Photo