1950s Park Forest House Museum Featuring 70th Anniversary of Park Forest and Aqua Center History Displays

by Jane Nicoll on July 15, 2019

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Bonds for the Park Forest Aqua Center, July 1, 1954. (Photo: Park Forest Historical Society)

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Historical Society is celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Park Forest in 2018-2019. The 1950s Park Forest House Museum is featuring displays of documents, articles, and photographs on the planning and building of Park Forest, from its inception in 1946.

Also, there is a display on the history of the Park Forest Aqua Center which was the largest pool complex in Illinois when it was opened in 1955. Both exhibits will run into August 2019.