Jean Butz James Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society

Jean Butz James Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Jean Butz James Museum is a historic house and former museum at 326 Central Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. The Italianate house was built in 1871, two years after Highland Park's establishment. The Highland Park Building Company built the house without a buyer, as it expected that the new city would attract many affluent Chicagoans in the coming years. Its design includes a yellow brick exterior, bracketed eaves, and a widow's walk. The Highland Park Historical Society bought the house in 1969 and converted it to a historic house museum, which opened in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1871

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