History Park

You can make the dream of Glen Ellyn’s His­tory Park become a real­ity today.

Real­iz­ing the dream of cre­at­ing a his­tory park that will span over 175 years of Glen Ellyn his­tory with a com­plex of muse­ums, his­toric struc­tures, research facil­i­ties, space for meet­ings and events, and lovely period gar­dens will require a mean­ing­ful invest­ment by indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies and busi­nesses in the Glen Ellyn com­mu­nity who want to lend their sup­port to this effort.

Six funds, each address­ing a dif­fer­ent aspect of the planned His­tory Park and its oper­a­tion, have been estab­lished to allow donors to direct their con­tri­bu­tions to a par­tic­u­lar part of the plan if they so desire.

His­tory Park Land­scape Plan 

Glen Ellyn His­tory Park Landscape

High­lights of the land­scape plan include fea­tures such as:

• A plaza at the cor­ner of Main Street and Geneva Road with brick pavers, flag poles, benches and gas lanterns
• Trees, bushes and peren­ni­als appro­pri­ate to the 1800s
• A veg­etable and herb gar­den behind Stacy’s Tav­ern Museum
• Shaded walk­ways con­nect­ing the Plaza and Stacy’s Tav­ern Museum

Phase one of the imple­men­ta­tion will begin next month, depend­ing on the weather and the avail-ability of vol­un­teers. While skilled work will be han­dled by pro­fes­sional land­scap­ers, many parts of this project will be imple­mented through the efforts of His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety mem­bers and oth­ers who want to vol­un­teer their time. Inter­ested in help­ing? Give us a call at 630–858-8696 or email us at info@gehs.org

For the pro­fes­sional work and the pur­chase of mate­ri­als, we need to raise $65,000 as quickly as pos­si­ble. If you are able to make even a small con­tri­bu­tion to help beau­tify the north gate­way to Glen Ellyn, click here for a pledge card.