Archives Held by the Museum

Wilmette Multiple Listing Files

Mr. J. Allan Pearson, a Kenilworth resident and founder of Pearson & Co., was the developer (or one of the developers) of the multi-listing system which began in 1941. Mr. Pearson retired in January, 1979 and donated the files from each village on the North Shore to its respective historical society.

Box #1

• Allison Lane to Bunker Lane

Box #2

• Cambridge Lane to Cherokee Road

Box #3

• Chestnut to Eighth Street

Box #4

• Hust to 1000 Block Forest

Box #5

• 1100 Forest to Greenleaf

Box #6

• Greenwood to Harvard

Box #7

• Hawthorne to Indian Wood

Box #8

• Iroquois Road to 1239 Lake

Box #9

• 1400 Lake to Lawler

Box #10

• Lawndale to Manor

Box #11

• Maple to Nina

Box #12

• Ninth to Prairie

Box #13

• Princeton to Shabona

Box #14

• Sheridan Road to Sixth Street

Box #15

• Skokie Blvd. to Thornwood

Box #16

• Twelfth to Westwood

Box #17

• Wilmette Ave to Yale