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Hyde Park
Historical Society
is housed in a building which originally was a
waiting room for
cable car personnel
 The small, neat brick building which
houses the Hyde Park Historical Society began life as
a waiting room for the cable cars serving the Hyde
Park community and the Worlds Columbian Exposition
(1893).
In 1898, no longer needed for selling tickets and
waiting for the cars, it was converted to a lunch
room. Hearty breakfasts were served to working men
every morning, by the proprietors, the Keller brothers
and their wives.
By 1977, the lunchroom known by then as "Steve's
Lunch" was no longer in business. The newly formed
Historical Society acquired the building from its
owners, Robert and Lucille Rouse, and leased the land
underneath from the Illinois Central Railroad.. John
Vinci, well-known preservationist architect, restored
the interior to its original appearance, pot-bellied
stove, paneling, and all.
Today, we await your visit, so that we
can transport you more than one hundred years into
the past.
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