Kennicott Grove

Kennicott Grove is an area of prairie and wooded lands that includes the home of John Kennicott and his family, including his son Robert Kennicott. John Kennicott was an agriculturalist and a doctor.

Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: historic house in Illinois, United States
Also known as: “Kennicott’s Grove”
Address: 1421 Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chicago Illinois Temple and Kohl Children’s Museum.

Chicago Illinois Temple

Temple

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The Chicago Illinois Temple is the thirty-fifth temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the second of three church temples that have been built in Illinois.

Kohl Children’s Museum

Museum

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Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago is a children's museum in Glenview, Illinois that provides a hands-on learning laboratory for children ages birth to 8.

Maine North High School

Police station

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Maine North High School was a public four–year high school in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States, located northwest of Chicago. Maine North was located in unincorporated Maine Township, part of Maine Township High School District 207.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenview and Des Plaines.

Glenview

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Glenview is a town of some 45,000 people in suburban Cook County, Illinois, part of the Chicagoland area. Once home to the Glenview Naval Air Station, the 1,121-acre facility was turned over to the local government and was redeveloped as The Glen, one of Glenview's prime residential and commercial areas.

Des Plaines

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Des Plaines is in Chicagoland. It is an inner-ring, northwest suburb of Chicago with two distinct portions: a suburban northern portion reminiscient of other, nearby northwest suburbs, as well as a built-up southern portion with the businesses, hotels, and other amenities of the O'Hare Airport corridor.