Lake County Historical Societies

Antioch 60002
o Lakes Region Historical Society & Museum, 817 N. Main Street, P.O.
Box 240, Antioch, IL. Telephone 1.847.395.7337
Open every Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., special occasions,
and by appointment. The Society is located in the 1892 Antioch Grade School
Building and it is in the process of restoring the 1892 Antioch Grade School
building. The ground floor now houses historical displays which are changed
frequently. The Society meets the fourth THURSDAY of every month, September
through June, at 7:30 p.m.

Barrington 60010
o Barrington Area Historical Society, 212 W. Main St., Barrington, IL
60010. Telephone 1.847.381.1730.

Deerfield 60015
o Deerfield Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 520, Deerfield, IL
60015. Telephone 1.847.948.0680
Open Sundays, June thru September, 2-4 pm. Located on Deerfield
Road at Kipling Place, 1 block east of Waukegan Road (Rt 43). Maintains 5
buildings, including an 1837 log cabin.

Fox Lake 60020
o Fox Lake Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 4, Fox Lake, IL 60020.

Grayslake 60030
o Grayslake Historical Society, 164 Hawley, Grayslake, IL 60030.
Telephone 1.847.223.7663
Museum open 2nd Sunday of the month, 1:30 – 3:30 pm.

Gurnee 60031
o Warren Township Historical Society, Mother Rudd Home Museum, 4690
Old Grand Avenue, Gurnee, IL 60031. Telephone 1.847.263.9540. Meets 1st Tuesday
of the month. Includes an email contact.

Highland Park 60035
o Highland Park Historical Society, 326 Central Ave., P.O. Box 56,
Highland Park, IL 60035.

Kenilworth 60043
o Kenilworth Historical Society, 415 Kenilworth Ave., P.O. Box 181,
Kenilworth, IL 60043.

Lake Bluff 60044 & Lake Forest 60045
o Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, 400 E. Illinois Road, PO
Box 82, Lake Forest, IL 60045. Open Tu & Th 10-12 and by appointment. Telephone
1.847.234.LAKE.

Lake Zurich 60047
o Ela Area Historical Society, 95 E. Main St., Lake Zurich, IL 60047,
telephone 1.847.438.2086. Includes over 500 Lake Zurich area historical
photographs and A Pictorial History of Ela Township.

Libertyville 60048
o Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Libertyville, IL 60048-2280.

Long Grove 60047
o Long Grove Historical Society, 3110 RFD, Long Grove, IL 60047,
Telephone 1.847.566.1117. May-Nov: farm house open 2nd Wednesday & 3rd Sunday.

Millburn 60046
o Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc., 19610 W. Grass Lake
Road, Lake Villa, IL 60046. Meets 1st Tuesday of the month. The Web Site
contains many interesting items, including some biographical sketches of
significant Millburn families, a list of Millburn men in the 96th Regiment
during the Civil War, and excerpts from A History Of Illinois by Bateman.

Mundelein 60060
o Great Lakes Naval Museum Assoc. Inc., 432 W. Hillside Dr.,
Mundelein, IL 60060
o Historical Society of the Fort Hill Country, P.O. Box 582,
Mundelein, IL 60060
o Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society, 1170 N. Midlothian Rd.,
Mundelein, IL 60060. The Society meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00
p.m. at Fremont Library, 1170 Midlothian Rd., Mundelein (north of IL Hwy 176).
Click here to see a list of their publications.

Wadsworth 60083
o Newport Township Historical Society, Wadsworth Rd., P.O. Box 98,
60084-0098.

Wauconda 60084
o Lake County Discovery Museum, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda,
IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3400, email at LCMuseum@co.lake.il.us. The former
farm buildings have been adapted and expanded to accommodate the Museum
galleries, administrative offices, and the Museum’s two archives – the Curt
Teich Postcard Archives and the Lake County History Archives.
o Curt Teich Postcard Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda,
IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at teicharchives@co.lake.il.us.
Includes images of more than 10,000 towns and cities in North America and over
87 foreign countries. 365,000 postcards are computer cataloged under more than
2100 subject headings.
o Lake County History Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda,
IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at LCHA@co.lake.il.us. This archives,
part of the Lake County Discovery Museum, provides access to documents and
photographs featuring the history of Lake County, Illinois. This special
collection is available to the general public for research.
o Lake-McHenry Co. Historical Alliance, 27277 N. Forest Preserve Rd.,
Wauconda, IL 60084-2016.
o Wauconda Historical Society, 711 N. Main St., P.O. Box 256,
Wauconda, IL 60084-0256

Waukegan 60087
o Waukegan Historical Society,Haines Museum, Bowen Park, 1917 North
Sheridan Road. Telephone 1.847.336.1859. Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (10
am to 2:30 pm) only. One of the selections on the links page is for the North
Shore Line which served Lake County until 1963.
o Waukegan Historical Society, J. L. Raymond Research Library, Lilac
Cottage, Bowen Park, 1911 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL 60087, telephone
1.847.360.4772. Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (10 am to 2:30 pm) and
Sunday by appointment (1 pm to 3pm).

Zion 60099
o Zion Genealogical Society, 2400 Gabriel Avenue, Zion, IL 60099.
Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Beach Park
Village Hall, 11270 Wadsworth Road, Beach Park, IL 60087. The Society’s research
materials are housed at the Zion-Benton Public Library and the Waukegan Public
Library for public use. Click here for a list of Society publications.