Putting On

Glen Ellyn
History Lenses
By Nicki Clegg
Churchill Library Media Specialist

How Can We Identify

Historic Buildings?
According to the Glen Ellyn Historical Society,
a building must meet these criteria:

Age over 80 yearsold

Historic Significance
Architectural Significance
Maintenance

Linden Hill Survey, 2010

1940 Sanborn Map

Churchill Neighborhood
Treasures

Architectural Significance

273 Geneva
Road

327 Geneva
Road

Built 1906

Built 1930

Glen Ellyn Plaqued

Houses and Buildi
ngs

Sears Kit House

The Colchester
Historical Society
Plaque

Significant Age

747 Kenilworth Ave.

737 Kenilworth Ave.

367 Oak St.

Architectural Significance
Montgomery Ward Kit House
713 Kenilworth Avenue
Historical Society Plaque

Built 1928

Historic Significance

380 Linden St.

396 Linden St.

Historic Significance
Ball Horticultural Company

Parallel to expanded home ownership wasgrowth of horticulture

http://www.ballhort.com/

Ball Greenhouses
George J. Ball and sons G. Victor and G. Carl

Ball Seed to Junior High

Putting On Glen Ellyn History Lenses

Glen Ellyn Historical Society. Plaqued House Brochure.

History of DuPage County: DuPage Roots. http://www.ballhort.com/

ProQuest. Sanborn Map Glen Ellyn 1940.

Smithsonian Libraries. George Jacob Ball.

http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/seeds/ballgeorge-j.html

Village of Glen Ellyn. Glen Ellyn Linden-Hill Survey Report.