Villa Park’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Villa Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Following the construction of two residential subdivisions—Villa Park (1908) and Ardmore (1910) by the real estate firm Ballard & Pottinger—the community incorporated as the Village of Ardmore in 1914. The name was changed to Villa Park in 1917.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Villa Park’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Villa Park’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCGW 9 (S2) switching cars on spur…, 1962: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Villa Park
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Villa Park, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as CGW 9 (S2) switching cars on spurs in Villa Park, IL on December 28, 1962 (1962) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.