LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS OF CHICAGO
 

Even Robin Leach would be impressed by the elegant lifestyles that early Chicagoans of means enjoyed. Spend an exciting day exploring where they lived, worked, and played.  

TOUR!

A North Side Mansion. Tour a once-suburban mansion on the city's North Side. Built on the outskirts, today very much in the city's center, this 30-room estate features lovely grounds and a palatial home, with - of course - a third floor ballroom.

STOP!

At A Magnificent Church created by the privileged class of the 1870s. Restored to its original decoration of the Arts and Crafts movement, it is maintained today for all to share.

VISIT!

A Country Club. Visit this beautifully restored  Country Club. The spacious and period grand halls recall the leisure life of its illustrious membership.

SEE!.

An Historic District. Walk or drive through this Historic District, with dozens of elegant residences of the city's Who's Who.

EXPERIENCE!.

The Chicago Board Of Trade. Watch the "open outcry" method of trading on the world's first and oldest trading floor. The fortunes of many of Chicago's past and present elite were made here in this same manner.

ENJOY!.

A Beautifully Presented Luncheon at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC) will give you the visual, as well as culinary, pleasure so important to the entertainment of the past.

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