The Historical Museum has an extensive collection of old maps, which visitors to the Research Center are welcome to consult. Here is a sampling of some popular ones. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger image.
Ouilmette Reserve – 1842
Federal survey of 1,280 acres reserved to Archange Ouilmette
The North Shore in 1851
The North Shore in 1861
Plat – 1868
Hand-drawn by Asahel Gage of what would become Wilmette
Gross Point – 1886
Showing landholdings of German farmers
The Four-Mile Limit – 1894
Showing the locations of some saloons
Drury Brothers real estate map – 1890s
Canal - 1914
Wilmette’s lakeshore after the building of the sanitary canal, ca. 1914
Plan of Wilmette - 1922
Showing the “civic center” planned for the 600 block of Green Bay Road