Last updated: 3/31/2011
Wauconda, Illinois
Street Address
711 N. Main St.
Wauconda, IL 60084
Mailing Address
PO Box 256
Wauconda, IL 60084

Hours

May-Sep: Su 1-4

Admissions

The Cook House is open to the public two Sundays each month from June to the end of September. Contact Dale Buttolph at 847.526.5437 to arrange a tour.

Museum Type(s)

Staff

Lynn McAlister
phone: 847-526-6225
Dale Buttolph
phone: 847-526-5437
e-mail:
Description

Wauconda is located in the southeastern part of Wauconda Township on the banks of a beautiful little lake which has from earliest times been known as Bangs Lake, named in honor of Justus and Mark Bangs, the first settlers of the place. The town of Wauconda was organized in the year of 1849, by a vote of the people of the County to divide said County into towns. There were 1,695 votes cast and all except three were in favor of the division.

Mission

Wauconda Historical Society was formed in 1973 and was renamed the Wauconda Township Historical Society in 1977. The society restored the Andrew Cook home which then became the Historical Society Museum and meeting place. The home has also received a State of Illinois historical marker. The Wauconda Township Historical Society was founded to collect and preserve the history of this township, which includes the villages of Wauconda, Lake Barrington, Lakemoor, Port Barrington, Volo, and part of Island Lake.

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