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Shoreline Property Advisors
Evanston: 847-425-3844
New Buffalo: 269-612-4104
Fax: 847-572-5795
AskUs@ShorelineAdvice.com
Evanston Office
2929 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
New Buffalo Office
10 N. Whittaker Street
New Buffalo, MI, 49117
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Glencoe is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 8,762. Glencoe is located on Chicago's affluent North Shore, and has a small and growing influential African-American community. Glencoe is located within the top-rated New Trier High School District. Glencoe regularly appears on lists of the wealthiest communities in the United States.
Glencoe is the birthplace of poet Archibald MacLeish. Other well known residents have included actors Fred and Ben Savage, writer Gene Siskel, film director / writer / actor Harold Ramis, actor Bruce Dern, actress Lili Taylor, and advertising executive Leo Burnett. Douglas Conant, CEO of Campbell Soup Company, grew up in Glencoe. Chicago Bears quarterback Brian Griese lives in Glencoe, as does Chicago Bears offensive tackle Fred Miller.
Geography:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.8 square miles (10.0 kmē), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.8 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 kmē) of it (1.82%) is water.
Glencoe's location on the west side of Lake Michigan is one of scenic beauty. Its bluffs overlook the Lake and it has several ravines that empty into Lake Michigan. It is separated from adjoining suburbs on the north and west by the Cook Country Forest Preserve natural forest area. Three golf clubs also buffer it on the north with the private Lake Shore Country Club, on the northwest by the public Glencoe Golf Club (operated by the Village of Glencoe), and on the west by the private Skokie Country Club. The village is surrounded on three sides by upper income communities with Highland Park on the north, Northbrook on the west, and Winnetka to the south. The Skokie Lagoons located in the forest preserve to its immediate west offers a rowboat and canoe launch (motorized boats not permitted) and fishing opportunities. The same forest preserve has a bicycle trail that connects to other forest preserves to the south. In the Village the Greenbay Trail allows bicyclists to travel as far south as Wilmette and north past Lake Forest.
History:
In 1835 several pioneers, including Anson and Lisa Taylor, set up businesses on the land originally inhabited by Potawatomi. They profited from a commercial pier and an inn that served the stagecoach traffic on the Green Bay Road.
Along with several other investors in 1867, former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee purchased and subdivided the land near the railway depot on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad line that had been completed a decade earlier. As president of the railroad company, Gurnee made a practice of buying land near stations on the route as sure investments. While he had planned to settle in Glencoe, financial insolvency forced him to return to his hometown in New York.
Upon Gurnee's failure, Alexander Hammond bought 520 acres (2.1 km2) and formed the Glencoe Company with plans for an exclusive residential community. The charter included the building of a school and a church and the hiring of a teacher and a pastor. After some early financial problems, the settlement had grown to 536 homes by 1885.
Glencoe has a Village Manager form of government. It had one of the first Public Safety Departments (combined police/fire/paramedic). It adopted the first zoning code in Illinois in 1921. Its land-use plan adopted in 1940 has been adhered to with minor changes since then. Most all nonconforming uses have been eliminated through attrition and developed to allowed uses shown outlined on the 1940 zoning land-use map. It is predominately single family with no industrial uses. It has a small cohesive central business district that provides most basic services including post office, library, Village Hall, performing arts theatre, train station (to Chicago), and other shopping needs.
In the last 20 years the village has experienced increasing tear-downs of smaller homes that have been replaced with larger higher quality homes. During this time major reconstruction has been completed of its street and sidewalk network. The business district has had brick sidewalks and period street lights installed. Many public buildings have been or are being remodelled and/or additions made to including the public schools, Village Hall, Library, Park District Community Center, and refrigerated outdoor ice rink. The private golf clubs (Lake Shore Country Club and Skokie Country Club) have seen major club building remodeling, additions, and reconstruction.
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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