Local History Blog
The Bennett School was north of Barrington, very close to Lake Zurich. The Lake Zurich Historical Society generously shared this photo with us from their new display at their museum and we thank them very much!
If you have any photos or objects to share, please contact Librarian Kate at the Barrington Area Library, kmills@balibrary.org.
This Pedersen Dairy milk bottle was found by another Kate, from Wauconda, who generously donated it to the Library. Thank you, Kate! The Barrington dairy supplied many businesses with milk and milk products in the 1930s and 1940s.
If you have any photos or objects to share, please contact Librarian Kate at the Barrington Area Library, kmills@balibrary.org.
August and Doral (Lyon) Schwemm Wedding Photo, 1905. Photo courtesy of Patti Schmitz.
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Meet the Class of 1934 at Barrington High School! This photo is courtesy of the Nicolai Family.
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Do you remember the Langendorf Park Zoo? The Langendorf Park (formerly North Park) zoo has been gone for about 25 years. The site is now part of a restoration effort to bring back native wetlands and prairie. The zoo had a main enclosure with farm animals like donkeys and sheep plus a deer at one time. The other part housed various birds like pheasants and turkeys. Barrington, IL, 1983. Photo taken by and courtesy of Tom Burke. Thank you Tom!
If you have any photos to share, please contact Kate at the library, kmills@balibrary.org,
The Jahn Family has been in Barrington since the late 1800s. August Jahn was a wagon maker. Courtesy of Ellen Jahn. Photo indicates that it was taken in Palatine. If you have photos to share, please email Kate at kmills@balibrary.org.
Quite a while ago, we asked if anyone could help identify this photo, known to us only as "Miss Grimm." We are so happy to have someone recognize the photo as that of Lillian Myrtle Grimm, daughter of Frederick Arthur Grimm, Sr. of Barrington, IL.
If you have any photos to share, please contact Kate at the library, kmills@balibrary.org,
323 W. Main Street was built in 1873 for the St. Paul Church School House and stood between the original wooden church and the parsonage. You can learn about the history of your home by joining us for Your House Has a Story on Wednesday, April 26 at 7 PM. Register. Photo from 1989, courtesy of Paul Thompson. If you have photos to share, please email Kate at kmills@balibrary.org.
Barrington's winter landscape in 1948. Photo courtesy of Roger Shales. If you have photos to share, please email Kate at kmills@balibrary.org.
We remember all our veterans who have given so much to their country and their communities. We thank them all. Photo courtesy of Eric Roos. If you have photos to share, please email Kate at kmills@balibrary.org.
Born in Lake Zurich in 1865, Henry K. Brockway was the Barrington postmaster for 18 years. He married Emma F. Barnett in 1894..
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Spring has sprung everyone and soon the Library's Teaching Garden will be alive with colorful flowers (and a few fairies if you look closely!) We hope you will join us on Saturday, June 4 for the Growing Together Garden Expo. If you have photos to share, please email Kate at kmills@balibrary.org.