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Virtual Annual Meeting Lecture - Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975
Join us on Sunday, January 31st at 2 p.m. for a free lecture via Zoom by noted historic preservationist and architectural historian Susan Benjamin. She will discuss her new book Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975, which she co-authored with Michelangelo Sabatino from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Beautifully illustrated with many historic images, the book surveys over fifty houses in the Chicago area, including several from Wilmette. Ms. Benjamin’s talk will explore the substantial yet overlooked role that Chicago and its suburbs played in the development of the modern single family home in the twentieth century. All are welcome to register for her lecture which will be preceded by a brief Annual Meeting of the Wilmette Historical Society. Reservations can be made on our website beginning December 1, 2020 and will close on January 29, 2021.
