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    • Dunton, William H.

    • Dunton, William H.

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    • William Hawkes Dunton, the son of Asa and Lois (nee Hawkes) Dunton, was born in 1819 in Oswego, New York. Early in his life he learned the stone-cutting trade. William came to Illinois with his parents in 1836 and the family settled in Deer Grove,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Post Office

    • Post Office

    • Post office buildings

    • This 1885 photo shows the U. S. Post Office and public utilities building on the triangle of today's Campbell and Davis Streets and Evergreen Avenue. Prior to this, the mail was delivered to Elk Grove Village. Once Dunton was established as a town,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Douglas Avenue, 212 North

    • Douglas Avenue, 212 North

    • Douglas Avenue (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Schools; Evergreen Avenue (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Miner Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.); St. James Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

    • Pictured is Arlington Height's second school building. In 1849, a one room school was built at the northwest corner of Evergreen Avenue and Miner Street. The children of William and James Dunton attended that school. As the town of Dunton (now...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Douglas Avenue, 212 North - Demolition

    • Douglas Avenue, 212 North - Demolition

    • Douglas Avenue (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Miner Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Evergreen Avenue (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Schools; St. James Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Lost architecture

    • In 1998, the old frame structure which had been the second school in the town of Dunton (now Arlington Heights) was demolished. The school had been located at the northwest corner of Evergreen Avenue and Miner Street and was converted to a...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Wheeler, Ephraim B.

    • Wheeler, Ephraim B.
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    • Ephraim Bartlett Wheeler, a land surveyor by trade, helped William Dunton survey and map the new town of Dunton (Arlington Heights) in 1854. He also worked as a Consulting Architect and Civil Engineer. Born in Lisbon, Grafton County, New Hampshire,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Wheeler, Ephraim B.

    • Wheeler, Ephraim B.
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    • Photo copy of the business card of Ephraim Bartlett Wheeler, a land surveyor by trade, he helped William Dunton survey and map the new town of Dunton (Arlington Heights) in 1854. He also worked as a Consulting Architect and Civil Engineer. Born in...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Hawthorne Street, 105 East

    • Hawthorne Street, 105 East

    • Dwellings; Hawthorne Street (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

    • The house was built in the 1870s by Henry G. Meyer who lived here until his death in 1929. Henry and his sons were carpenters in Arlington Heights and the surrounding areas. He and his sons, Henry C. W., Albert, George, and Frank, helped build...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places

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