HP Book Club Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019
HYDE PARK BOOK CLUB, MONDAY March 18, 2019 Finding Hyde Park: Show and Tell. We will be looking for books with significant and/or interesting sections on Hyde Park, both fiction and non‐fiction. Take a look at your libraries and see if you can find something to bring for Monday.
Hyde Park Historical Society Open House
Hyde Park Historical Society Open House Sunday, March 3, 2019 5529 S. Lake Park Avenue 2 - 4pm The Hyde Park Historical Society invites you to join us for an open house on March 3rd. We will be continuing our exhibit Hyde Park in 1890, from Rascher’s Atlas. The exhibit features maps from the atlas between 51st and 59th Streets [...]
Chicago: A Civic, Industrial, and Familial History by Andrew Taylor Call Book Discussion & Signing
Sunday, December 9th, 11 am to 2 pm 5529 Lake Park Blvd Light Refreshments will be served Copies of the new book will be for sale and the author will be available to sign copies. A new book, Chicago: A Civic, Industrial, and Familial History, by attorney and historian Andrew Taylor Call, will be the focus of the Hyde Park [...]
HP Book Club Monday, November 19, 2018
Just a reminder that the Hyde Park Book Club will meet this coming Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Hyde Park Historical Society Building at 7:30pm. Rosellen Brown has agreed to join us on to discuss her new novel, The Lake on Fire. "The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm.
Hyde Park Historical Society Cable Car Building – Restored and Looking Good!
The Hyde Park Historical Society announces a major achievement in the restoration of its historical cable car building. The exterior work on the building is complete! The deteriorated brickwork has been replaced. The doors and woodwork have been refurbished, repainted and refinished. This effort could not have been accomplished without the generous support of our members, the Hyde Park community [...]
Hyde Park Book Club Change of Venue
Hi Everyone, As you know, we have lost our meeting room space with the closing of Treasure Island. Fortunately, HPHS has finished the exterior work on the building, and that space will be available for upcoming meetings. All future book club meetings will be held at the Hyde Park Historical Society, 5529 S. Lake Park Avenue. There is always plenty [...]
