Historical Society
Ela Historical Society
95 E. Main St.
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Phone: 847-438-2086
Historical Texts
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Online encyclopedia of local history published by the Chicago
Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and James R. Grossman.
Search on a specific locality (e.g., Lake Zurich) to view local
history information.
A Pictorial
History of Ela Township
PDF version of this popular book about local history compiled by the
Ela Historical Society and authored by local historian Spencer
Loomis.
Nancy
Burgess' Local History Articles
Series of local history articles written by Nancy Burgess and
originally printed in the no longer published HOMETOWN Lake Zurich
magazine.
Photographs
Digital Past
Local history digitization project undertaken by libraries,
historical societies, museums, and other cultural venues in northern
Illinois in partnership with the North Suburban Library System in
Wheeling, Illinois. Includes numerous historical photographs of Lake
Zurich and Kildeer from the collections of the Ela Historical
Society and Clayton Brown.
Newspaper Archives
Archives
Check out our page of links to the online archives for the Lake
Zurich Courier, Daily Herald, Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Tribune.
Remote access is limited to Ela Library card holders.