Highland Park Historical Society is Selling Former Museum

The Highland Park Historical Society is selling its historic house and former museum home at 326 Central Avenue.

The post-CIvil War built home - which served as the Highland Park Historical Society’s museum for more than four decades - is on the market for $850,000, although it is in need of extensive renovation, according to the Highland Park News.

The home is a local landmark and also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was one of the Gothic and Italianate Victorian homes built by the Highland Park Building Company in the 1800s as a draw for affluent people from Chicago to migrate to the city.

“The home is a Highland Park icon that tells the story of Highland Park and how the North Shore got started,” said Realtor Eve Tarm. “It was built just six years after the Civil War ended, and obviously was very well built.”

It features many of the original details, including 15-foot ceilings, wide moldings and quarter-sawn oak flooring.

“Even at its time, it was built as a high-end, grand house and you can see that in these gigantic windows,” said Rob Rotering, president of the Highland Park Historical Society, which has moved its collections to the Highland Park Library.

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