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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of the
4 Village of Addison on the 125th anniversary of Village
5 incorporation; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The area of Addison was settled in 1833 by
7 Hezekiah Dunklee and Mason Smith, establishing the region known
8 as Dunklee's Grove; the Village of Addison was formally
9 incorporated as a municipality on October 6, 1884 in the
10 Circuit Court of DuPage County and Henry Bushels was elected
11 the first Village President the same day; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The first land uses in the area included the Zion
13 Evangelical Lutheran Church (the mother church of present-day
14 St. Paul Lutheran Church, the oldest church in Addison), a
15 public school, the teacher's seminary (today, Concordia
16 University in River Forest), the German orphan home known as
17 Kinderheim (the site of the present-day Village Hall), and many
18 early farms; and
 
19     WHEREAS, In 2000 a state-of-the-art Village Hall was built
20 on the site of the former Kinderheim at 1 Friendship Plaza;
21 other buildings include the Police Department, the Public
22 Library, and the offices of DuPage High School District 88; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Addison is home to the fourth largest industrial
2 park in the State of Illinois and the largest in DuPage County;
3 and
 
4     WHEREAS, Addison is home to DeVry University, the
5 Technology Center of DuPage, a College of DuPage regional
6 center, and the Cambridge College of Nursing; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9 congratulate the people of the Village of Addison on the 125th
10 anniversary of Village incorporation and wish them continued
11 success and happiness; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to Addison Mayor Larry Hartwig as a symbol of our
14 respect and esteem.