The story
Chartered in 1867, the association owns the 35-acre grounds where residents own and rent about 100 late-Victorian cottages each summer. Its 1903 tabernacle was engineered without pillars so every seat could see the stage.
Everything that was here
- 1860–present · still open
Des Plaines Methodist Camp GroundChurch
One of the oldest continuously used Methodist camp meeting grounds in the Chicago area, founded in 1860 and listed on the National Register in 2005.
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Nearby history
Maine North High School
9511 Harrison St, Des Plaines, IL 60016 · 865 m away
Des Plaines History Center / Kinder House Museum
781 Pearson Street · 997 m away
The city's history museum has lived in a relocated 1907 mansion since 1978.
Sugar Bowl Restaurant
1494 Miner Street · 1.2 km away
Reopened in 2009 as a breakfast house under the original 1957 neon.
Des Plaines Theatre (Onesti Entertainment)
1476 Miner Street · 1.2 km away
After a $6.7 million city-funded restoration, the theatre reopened on Halloween night 2021 with Kevin Costner & Modern W
Paradise Pup
1724 S. River Rd. · 1.3 km away
The Choo-Choo
600 Lee Street · 1.3 km away
A 1951 diner where a model train delivers your burger basket, still running in its 1956 building.
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