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River Forest
Women’s Club
526 Ashland
Ave.,
River Forest
This unique Prairie School building was designed in
1913 by architect William Drummond, a former chief draftsman for Frank Lloyd
Wright. The green-stained, board-and-batten clad structure consists of an
acoustically perfect small auditorium, a large basement meeting hall, and a
kitchen. Unfortunately, the women’s club that has owned the building for 91
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has concluded it can no longer maintain
the structure. It has proposed turning it over to the local park district,
which has been using the space for various activities. Although located in a
National Register District, the building has no local landmark protection
and there are fears that if the building is not permanently protected, its
large lot could make it vulnerable to a future residential teardown
scenario.
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