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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 Form

Membership Application
Post Holiday Luncheon
Reservations Required.
Sunday, January 12, 2020 - 1:00 p.m.
The Historic Steve's Lounge & Banquet Hall

Delicious Luncheon ~ Cash Bar ~ Oath for Board Members ~
Member of the Year Award ~ Entertainment ~ Raffle Prizes

Calumet City Historical Society Center, 760 Wentworth Ave.
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Membership Drive for 2020 begins!

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 - first meeting of the year, T.B.A

2019 Program Schedule

January 13 - Post Holiday Luncheon
February 10 - Show & Tell
March 10 - "History of Homewood" by Jim Wright
April 14 - "Let the Dead Speak: Cemeteries and Symbols -
Holy Cross Cemetery" by Rhiannon Cizon

May - no meeting/program this month
June 9 - Saint Victor Church - Presentation & Tour
Plus a special St. Victor Pentecost Concert!
July 14 - "Folk and Frontier Houses"
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" - a new presentation and book by Prof. Kenneth Schoon.


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Schrum Heritage Cabin - ca. 1836
Photo courtesy of Paula Swanstrom
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Originally the St. Andrew Rectory, built 1892, being moved a block away to be saved as a private residence today.
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Schrum Pickle Works. Formerly near Wentworth Ave. & River Oaks Dr. (formerly Schrum Rd.) Final closure ca. 1982.
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Photo courtesy of Tony Arduino. Italians of the Calumet Region.
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Russell's Subdivion was platted in the 1880s before incorporated into the Village of West Hammond in 1893.
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West Hammond Trust & Savings Bank was built in 1919 on State Street, and survived until the Great Depression. Later, it was a night club until 1995.
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Saint Victor Catholic Church was built in 1928 and retains the original stained-glass art windows.
CCHS Museum Center Location:  760 Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409
October Hours:  
Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. 
November Hours:  Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. & 2nd Sunday 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
December Hours:  Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- closed Thanksgiving and Christmas week
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(708) 832-9390 or (773) 814-4520
Mail:  P.O. Box 1917,  Calumet City, IL 60409


calcityhistory@aol.com
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