The Historical Museum has an extensive collection of old maps, which visitors to the Research Center are welcome to consult. Here is a sampling of some popular ones. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger image.
Ouilmette Reservation, 1842; federal survey of 1,280 acres reserved to Archange Ouilmette
The North Shore in 1851
The North Shore in 1861
Plat hand-drawn by Asahel Gage of what would become Wilmette, 1868
Gross Point in 1886, showing landholdings of German farmers
The Four-Mile Limit, 1894, showing the locations of some saloons
Drury Brothers real estate map, 1890s
Wilmette's lakeshore after the building of the sanitary canal, ca. 1914
Plan of Wilmette, 1922, showing the "civic center" planned for the 600 block of Green Bay Road
