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 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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