Full Text of HR0093 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Kenilworth is located | 3 | | approximately 17 miles north of downtown Chicago and is the | 4 | | newest of the eight Chicago suburban "North Shore" | 5 | | communities; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Kenilworth was founded in 1889 when Joseph Sears | 7 | | purchased 223.6 acres of land between the Chicago and North | 8 | | Western Railroad and Lake Michigan for $150,300; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Sears and several of his associates formed | 10 | | The Kenilworth Company to build his suburban dream; in 1891, | 11 | | all lots were offered at $60 an acre, significantly above the | 12 | | $15 an acre average for nearby property, and sold within 12 | 13 | | months;
on May 6, 1896, the Village reached the required 300 | 14 | | residents and was incorporated; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kenilworth's layout was designed to take | 16 | | advantage of the natural features and beauty of the land; | 17 | | streets were platted to maximize the availability of sunlight | 18 | | in each home, utilities were placed underground, no alleys or | 19 | | fences were permitted, construction standards were high, and | 20 | | there were large lots and paved streets; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Kenilworth contains houses designed by a number |
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| 1 | | of esteemed architects; George W. Maher fashioned the | 2 | | limestone pillars that mark the Sheridan Road entrances to | 3 | | Kenilworth and the original Kenilworth Avenue Fountain; | 4 | | Franklin Burnham joined The Kenilworth Company and designed | 5 | | the railroad station and the Kenilworth Union Church; Frank | 6 | | Lloyd Wright designed the Hiram Baldwin, a prairie school | 7 | | house, in 1905; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1899, the local women's club selected street | 9 | | names such as Abbotsford and Essex, which were adopted by the | 10 | | Village; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kenilworth expanded by 40 acres in 1922 with the | 12 | | 40 acres in the southwest belonging to the North Shore Golf | 13 | | Club; the Village now consists of a total area of 0.61 square | 14 | | miles; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Village population reached 2,501 in 1930; in | 16 | | 2010, the census counted 2,513 people living in Kenilworth | 17 | | with 800 households and 699 families; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Kenilworth has its own public school district | 19 | | with its only school being Joseph Sears School; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Notable places in Kenilworth include Kenilworth | 21 | | Assembly Hall, Kenilworth Beach, the Ware Garden, Mahoney |
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| 1 | | Park, the Hiram Baldwin House, and the Kenilworth Club, among | 2 | | others; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate the Village of Kenilworth on its 125 year | 6 | | anniversary on May 6, 2021; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | delivered to the Village of Kenilworth.
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