Credit Claudia Lenart

  The Ela Historical Society's newest acquisition is a milk crate from the Lake Zurich Creamery. In the early days farmers with their horses and wagons would line up to deliver ...

Credit Claudia Lenart

The Ela Historical Society and Museum will now be open to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum will not be open on Sunday. The museum's monthly meeting will be he...

Credit Claudia Lenart

At the turn-of-the-century in Lake Zurich, the lake was a source of ice that was cut out.  The ice was harvested in the winter after beaches were closed. Ice houses included the Bruc...

Credit Ela Historical Society

    For about 10 years in the mid-century, Lake Zurich had a successful summer playhouse. Lake Zurich Playhouse was started by Bella Itkin-Konrath  who taught at the Goodma...