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unusual facts about Winnetka, IL



Anita Willets Burnham Log House

The Anita Willets Burnham Log House, located at 1140 Willow Rd. in the Crow Island Woods of Winnetka, Illinois, was the home and studio of artist and author Anita Willets-Burnham.

Bruce Kimball

He is currently a Kinetic Wellness teacher and diving coach for the swimming and diving teams at New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois.

Car 553

Private commuter car service began on the Chicago and Northwestern in 1929, to serve wealthy commuters in the affluent North Shore suburbs in Chicagoland, such as Lake Forest, Highland Park and Winnetka, Illinois.

Casselberry, Florida

In 1926, Hibbard Casselberry of Winnetka, Illinois was visiting his wife’s aunt in nearby Winter Park, Florida when he met Gordon Barnett and signed on as his exclusive sales agent for Fern Park Estates.

Kurt Deutsch

He was a series regular on the television series The Human Factor and Winnetka Road, and he guest starred on Sex and the City, Law & Order, Quantum Leap, Matlock, and Models Inc'.

Terence H. Winkless

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Winkless's family moved to Chicago's North Shore and Terence went to the well-known New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, before continuing to the USC Cinema school and an Internship at the AFI Conservatory.

Winnetka, Los Angeles

Later Weeks renamed the colony Winnetka, after a farm he owned in Winnetka, Illinois.

Zeke Markshausen

In 2013, Markshausen accepted an offer to be the receivers coach at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL


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