Mount Prospect Historical Society

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Events

Ladies’ Craft Night in Central School

Thursday, June 23, 2022
7:00 p.m.
103 S. Maple Street (Central School)
$20

Join us to make felt mini-patchwork encouragement squares using a variety of embroidery and stitching techniques. Beginners welcome. Invite a friend along for a fun night of creative crafting in Mount Prospect’s historic one-room schoolhouse. Cost is $20 per person and includes all materials and light refreshments (lemonade, water, and cookies).

Space is limited. Please register by June 17 to reserve your spot.

Registration is now closed.

Garden Tea Party and Julia Child Presentation

We are no longer taking reservations for this event. Thank you for your interest and be sure to watch for future tea events.

June 11, 2022
10:30 a.m.

Julia Child — Her Life in France
Lynn Rymarz

Join us for tea in the beautiful gardens on the campus of the Mount Prospect Historical Society. Afterwards, enjoy listening to historic interpreter Lynn Rymarz as she explores how Julia Child discovered her passion for cooking French food in her late thirties after she married Paul Child and moved to Paris in 1948. Hear Julia’s own words as she describes her love of French food and how she became determined to learn how to cook it. Follow her journey into French culture, including her visits to the local markets and into her cooking classes at the Cordon Bleu. She will share her struggles and her successes, including her own cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her television show The French Chef. She will tell you herself she never would have had any of this without meeting the love of her life, Paul Child.

Tickets are $15 per person and space is limited. To reserve your spot use the form below or call 847-392-9006. (Please note, we are closed Friday thru Monday)

In case of inclement weather, the tea portion of this even will be take home goodie bags and “Julia” will start her presentation at 11:30 a.m. in Central School.

North Shore National Historic Landmarks Bus Tour 2022

The Society has planned its next bus trip for Saturday, May 14, 2022. We will be exploring historic delights in the northern suburbs of Evanston and Wilmette.

In the morning, tour-goers will tour both the picturesque home of Frances Willard, a founder and president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the mansion of Charles G. Dawes, who served as Calvin Coolidge’s vice president.

Frances Willard House

The Frances Willard house was built in 1865. The author and activist lived and worked in this house during the years of her presidency of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). For many of those years, the house also served as an informal national headquarters for the WCTU and a boarding house for its workers.

Vice President Charles G. Dawes House

The nearby lakefront Dawes mansion was, from 1909 until his death in 1951, the home of Charles Gates Dawes and his family. Dawes earned the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan to alleviate the crushing burden of war reparations that Germany was required to pay after World War I. He also served as President Calvin Coolidge’s vice president and as a general during World War I .

Baha’i House of Worship

After lunch on your own in Evanston, the tour will continue north to Wilmette’s renowned Baha’i House of Worship, an architectural masterpiece built over a 30-year span from 1921 to 1951, where we will be treated to a private tour. It was dedicated in 1953 and has received many architectural awards. In fact, in 1978 it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places and in 2007 the Illinois Bureau of Tourism named it one of the “Seven Wonders of Illinois.”

Tickets for the May 14, 2022 trip are $67 per person which includes tour admissions and bus transportation. The tour bus will depart from the Historical Society, 101 S. Maple St., promptly at 9 a.m. and is expected to return back there by 5 p.m. Lunch will be on your own. Comfortable clothing and shoes are strongly urged.

Also, be aware that the Society will follow all CDC COVID-19 recommendations in effect at the time of the tour, so please be prepared to wear a mask on the bus and during the tours, if that is required at the time.

Space is limited and tickets are non-refundable.