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The Northfield Inn was built circa 1894 at the corner of Shermer and Waukegan Roads in the Village of Shermerville, Illinois. A well-known stopover on the road between Milwaukee and Chicago, it was best was known for the delicious chicken dinners and lemon cream pies served in the dining room. The Inn was moved to its present location in 1975 and is now the home of the Northbrook Historical Society and Northbrook History Museum.
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Settled in 1843, the village of Shermerville was incorporated in 1901 and renamed Northbrook in 1923.

View photographs in the Shermerville Northbrook Album
    

1776 Walters Ave.
Northbrook, Illinois
60062
History Museum
(847) 498-3404
Inn Shop
(847) 498-0884

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2021
Northbrook, Illinois
60065-2021


Upcoming Events

Saturday Shermer Stories
Every town has an Elm Street. Few towns have a Shermer Road, and that is where the Historical Society will be from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, July 21 and August 18 with costumed living history performers telling short stories about Northbrook.

Saturday Shermer Stories will have no stage or set performance time — just people telling stories about people and places of the past, people having conversation with their neighbors.

Hidden Gardens of Northbrook - June 24 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Northbrook Historical Society and the Northbrook Garden Club invite you to take a walk through five Hidden Gardens of Northbrook on June 24 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Advance tickets are $10. They can be reserved at the Northbrook Historical Society Inn Shop, 1776 Walters Ave., Northbrook, Illinois on Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or, you may mail your check with your name, address, phone number and email to P.O. Box 2021, Northbrook, IL 60065-2021. Please make checks payable to the Northbrook Historical Society.

Your ticket(s) and map are to be picked up on the day of the event at the Northbrook Historical Society, 1776 Walters Ave., between 12:30 and 3:00 p.m. Our professional in residence Kathy Lorden of Lorden Landscaping will be on site to answer your garden questions.

Day of event tickets are also available at the Museum until 3 p.m. Day of event tickets are $15. Proceeds will benefit the Northbrook Historical Society. More information via E-mail at northbrookhistory@comcast.net.

Northbrook Memorial built to honor the 43 Northbrook Men who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice

Click on the link to learn about the memorial. To learn more about the 43 men stop in the History Museum.

Click on the link to view a photo album of the dedicaton ceremony on Sunday, September 13, 2009

Click on the link to view a photo album of the memorial as it is built.

Click on the link to view a photo album of the Memorial Day 2009 ground breaking.

Historian's Corner

Do you live on a street named for a pioneer settler? Click this link to find out.

Take the Shermerville - Northbrook Quiz to see what you know about our Village's history.

Past Historical Society board member Kati Spaniak took some beautiful photos of the 2009 activities and the Memorial Dedication. Click here to see the photos. The password is northbrook. It is case sensitive so please use a lower case first letter in the name of our Village.



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Have a comment, recollection or question for us? Write to the address above or send an email to the Northbrook Historical Society.