Welcome to the Calumet City Historical Society website!
The Society would like to encourage everyone interested in Calumet City and local Calumet area history to become members and actively become involved in its goals. Upcoming Events / Membership FormCenter is Open!
The Center and Museum will be open most Tuesdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Thursdays, 1:00-4:00 p.m., and Second Sundays, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Next Meeting & Program All About Butterflies By Dolly Foster Sun., July 12, 2020 - 2:00 p.m. / Program - 3:00 p.m. Guest speaker is a local expert and resident. Calumet City Historical Society Center, 760 Wentworth Ave. Support us with our Membership Drive for 2020! General Membership Meetings & Programs
Meeting at 2:00 p.m. - followed by refreshments - Program at 3:00 p.m. Open to the public - Second Sundays - 760 Wentworth Avenue Email / Call / CCHS Center calcityhistory@aol.com / 708-832-9390 or 773-814-4520 / 760 Wentworth Ave. Donations accepted. 2020 Program Schedule January 12 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 9 - Show and Tell. March 8 - "Calumet City's own Tim Bales talks about playing trumpet with The Ides of March Rock Band." April 12 - Easter Sunday - No meeting. April 26 - event postponed! May - Mother's Day - No meeting/program. June 14 - meeting canceled. July 12 - "All About Butterflies" by Dolly Foster. August 9 - "Lost Hammond, Indiana" by Joseph S. Pete. September 13 - "Remembering 125 years - Early Calumet City History" by Prof. Joseph Bigott -- Annual Raffle Drawing. October 11 - T.B.A. November 8 - "Calumet Beginnings, Local History from the Ground Up" by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. 2019 Program Schedule January 13 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 10 - Show and Tell. March 10 - "History of Homewood" by Jim Wright. April 14 - "Let the Dead Speak: Cemeteries and Symbols - Holy Cross Cemetery" by Rhiannon Cizon. June 9 - "Saint Victor Church" - Presentation & Tour - Plus a special St. Victor Pentecost Concert! July 14 - "Folk and Frontier Houses" by Mike Wolski. August 11 - "Calumet City Forest Preserves" by Stephen DeFalco. September 8 - Heritage Day Americana - log cabin site. October 13 - South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society & Library by Patty Higgins. November 10 - "Ghost Story on Ruth Street" by Chris Roth. 2018 Program Schedule January 14 - Post Holiday Luncheon. February 11 - "Fashion from 1900 to 1930" by Rhiannon Cizon. March 11 - "The Underground Railroad in the Calumet Region" by Tom Shepherd. April 8 - Show and Tell. June 10 - "125th Anniversary of St. Andrew the Apostle parish" presentation and guided tour by Sue Warner. July 8 - Pictorial from the SouthtownStar Calumet City collection 1990s. August 12 - "The Golden Age of the Circus : How the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck of 1918 in Hammond Affected the Entertainment World" by showman Al Slaggert. September 9 - Heritage Day Americana - log cabin site - 12:00-4:00 p.m. October 14 - "Why Did My Ancestory Eat Those Kinds of Foods?" by Peg Kapustiak. November 11 - "19th Century Swedish Settlements in the South Shore" presentation and new book by Prof. Kenneth Schoon. |
Schrum Heritage Log Cabin - ca. 1836
Saint Victor School on Price Avenue, b. 1926. It opened with 340 pupils and was staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Closed 2004. Razed 2019.
Russell's Subdivion was platted in the 1880s before incorporated into the Village of West Hammond in 1893.
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CCHS Center & Museum Location: 760 Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409
June Hours: Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
July & August Hours: Tuesdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
(708) 832-9390 or (773) 814-4520
Mail: P.O. Box 1917, Calumet City, IL 60409
calcityhistory@aol.com
June Hours: Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
July & August Hours: Tuesdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
(708) 832-9390 or (773) 814-4520
Mail: P.O. Box 1917, Calumet City, IL 60409
calcityhistory@aol.com
