July 29, 2021 • Hinsdale, Illinois • Volume XV, Issue 45 • 48 Pages • $1 on Newsstands Community Journalism the Way It Was Meant to Be
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 • Hinsdale, Illinois • Volume XV, Issue 45 • 48 Pages • $1 on newsstands Community journalism the way it was meant to be Mirror, mirror on the creek — A great blue heron fishes along the banks of Salt Creek in Fullersburg Woods. A wading bird, the Great Blue Heron is the largest type of heron in North America and can be found throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands — all places birder Christian Goers has visited in search of winged creatures great and small. A story and more photos appear on Page 5. (Jim Slonoff photo) Groups hope to save Wright Teaching hits the right chord for Diving popular at Tokyo home from possible demolition. professional singer. Summer Games, Hinsdale pool. Page 3 Page 9 Page 46 INDEPENDENTLY FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1953 CORN FROM SALE DATES JULY 29-AUGUST 4 THE FARM IS HERE! FEATURED LAYS ASST. POTATO CHIPS NABISCO ASST. QUAKER GRAHAM CRACKERS $2.79/7.75-8 oz. 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(Jim Slonoff photo) Wright home might be in jeopardy Preservationists worry home at 121 S. County Line Road could be sold to a builder By Pamela Lannom no longer active. Historic District. is similar to that of Wright’s own [email protected] Alexis Braden, a Hinsdale The village also posted a state- 1889 home in Oak Park, and its Historic Preservation commission- ment real estate agency @proper- octagonal library is a precursor Hinsdaleans for Historic er and founder of the Hinsdaleans ties released about the listing. of Wright’s 1898 Oak Park Studio Preservation and the Frank Lloyd for Historic Preservation Facebook “121 County Line Road in library, according to the conser- Wright Building Conservancy are group, said she learned from a Hinsdale will present a unique vancy. hoping to save the Frederick Bagley real estate agent friend that the opportunity for a renovation or res- “The vulnerability of this signif- House at 121 S. County Line Road. property had gone on the market toration of a Chicago-area home icant work of an architect of rec- The conservancy sent out an and notified the conservancy, with originally designed by Frank Lloyd ognized international importance email about the 1894 home Friday, whom she had had conversations Wright with modifications made demonstrates the precarious sta- indicating the “unique and irre- in 2019. throughout its history,” the state- tus of historic structures in affluent placeable early work” of Wright’s “We were worried it would only ment read. “Contrary to reports, areas,” the conservancy’s release was being marketed by @proper- attract buyers who weren’t able or the home is not being marketed states. “The Bagley House is a vital ties to a limited audience and was willing to rehab it and were only as a teardown and is not being part of Wright’s canon and its loss at risk. looking at it as land,” she said. sold via auction. The property will would be tragic for the Wright “The house has no legal pro- The use of the phrase “as is” in be listed publicly for sale later this community, historians and archi- tection, and it would appear the the description led her to one con- year.” tecture lovers everywhere.” audience for this sale is primarily clusion. The village will continue to mon- Braden said she and other pres- developers who would demolish “Knowing Hinsdale, land is real- itor the situation and will provide ervation commissioners are work- the house in order to build a larger ly valuable and it looked like an assistance to encourage preserva- ing hard to revise Title 14 of the house,” the release states. “This attractive piece of land for a builder tion, its website states. Residents Hinsdale Village Code with the practice is common in Hinsdale or a developer,” she said. with questions are encouraged to hope of preserving historic homes and has already happened on the Several concerned parties call Bethany Salmon, village plan- like this one. lots immediately to the north and emailed the village over the week- ner, at (630) 789-7035 or email her As for the Bagley house, she south of the Bagley house.” end, worried the home could be at [email protected]. hopes to call attention to the prop- The five-bedroom, 3.1-bath facing demolition, the village web- The Dutch colonial was original- erty nationwide and “find a buyer home was listed at $1.3 million, site states. The property is not des- ly designed for Frederick Bagley, who doesn’t necessarily live in according to Google search results. ignated as a local landmark and a marble importer. The first floor Hinsdale but wants to work to pre- But the link to the actual listing is is not located in the Robbins Park plan of the main block of the house serve it.” The Hinsdalean • July 29, 2021 • Page 3 ONCE UPON A TIME RESULTS MATTER, EXPERIENCE COUNTS See Why Over 140100 Buyers & Sellers Gave Kim 5 Stars Thinking Of Moving In 2021, CALL KIM TODAY! 630.533.8800 • [email protected] KIMLOTKA.COM GRAND OPENING Tuxedo & Prom TAILOR SHOP Vacation destination — According to Sandy Williams’ book, “Images of America — Hinsdale,” KLM was once a vacation spot. “Alexander Legge, president of International Harvester, and his wife, Katherine, purchased 52 acres on South Tuxedos • Prom Dresses GRAND OPENING County Line Road in 1915 for use as a summer residence and farm. After Katherine Wedding Dresses • Draperies • More! died suddenly in 1924, Legge dedicated this property in her name for use as a SPECIAL Appointments with Lisa, our expert retreat by the female employees of Harvester. 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