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 involved in its goals.  Contact: calcityhistory@aol.com, 708-832-9390, or 773-814-4520.

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Upcoming Events / Membership Form

Membership Form

Membership Drive Begins!
Please support the Calumet City Historical Society with a 2021 membership.  Forms can be downloaded from the link.

Next Meeting & Program
March 14, 2021
3:00 p.m. - "History and Mystery in the Graveyards" by Marlene Cook.
The talk will feature several graveyards including the First Church Graveyard, founded 1860, at Ridge Road & Burnham Avenue in Lansing.

The General Membership meeting begins 2:00 p.m.  Followed by refreshments.  Program begins at 3:00 p.m.  Also, there will be a
​St. Patrick's Day theme with a 50/50 raffle and gift basket.
Masks Required.  Admission Free.
Calumet City Historical Society Center, 760 Wentworth Avenue
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General Membership Meetings & Programs
Second Sundays (generally) -​ 760 Wentworth Ave - Open to the public
Meeting at 2:00 p.m. - followed by refreshments - Program at 3:00 p.m.


2021 Program Schedule
January 10 - No event.
February 14 - "History of Valentine's Day" by Sue Warner.
March 14 - "History and Mystery in the Graveyards" by Marlene Cook.
April 11 - "Rosies, Poodles, and Twiggy:  Fashions from the 1940s to '70s" by Rhiannon Cizon.
May - Mother's Day - no meeting/program.
June 13 - T.B.A.

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!
June 14 - meeting canceled.
July 12 - "All About Butterflies".
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 - Victorian-Era Domestic Architectural Styles.
November 8 - "Calumet Beginnings: Early Regional History from the Ground Up" ​by Prof. Kenneth Schoon.
December - Happy Holidays!


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.

Schrum Heritage Log Cabin - ca. 1836

Originally the Saint Andrew Rectory, b. 1892, being moved a block away to be saved as a private residence today.

Schrum Pickle Works. Formerly near Wentworth Avenue & River Oaks Drive (formerly Schrum Rd.). Closed ca. 1982.

"Italians of the Calumet Region." Photo courtesy of Tony Arduino.

West Hammond Trust & Savings Bank on State Street, b. 1919. Survived until the Great Depression. It was a night club until 1995.

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.

CCHS Center & Museum:  760 Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409
January Hours:  Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
February-April Hours:  Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Thursday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. 
May Hours:  Thursday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
June-October Hours:  Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Thursday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. 
November Hours:  Thursday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
December Hours:  Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (closed Christmas week).
Donations accepted.
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(708) 832-9390 or (773) 814-4520
calcityhistory@aol.com