Historical Society
Ela Historical Society and Museum
95 E. Main St.
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Phone: 847-438-2086
E-mail: elahistorical@aol.com
Hours: The 1st Saturday of the month 10AM - 2PM, every Thursday 10AM - 2PM & the 3rd Sunday of the month 1-3PM
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The museum will be hosting a Girl Scout display thourgh March 2012 to mark 100 years of Girl Scouting.
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.
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.