2022 Budget in Brief

RECREATION & PARKS

ORLAND PARK HISTORY

maintained[...]I think it is important for the community to do that, because that is our heritage." The home will be accurately interpreted and its artifacts properly preserved for future generations. The Village will incorporate fundraising efforts to raise funds to support the restoration of the John Humphrey House. Additional renovations will occur at Stellwagen Farm, Chiappetti Slaughter House and the Hostert Cabins in 2022. An interior stability assessment of the Stellwagen farmhouse (c. 1860) was completed in the spring of 2021. This assessment determined work that needs to be completed to ensure the farmhouse is structurally sound for restoration and visitor occupancy for the future house museum. In addition, restoration work at Boley Farm is expected to take place in 2022. For more information about Orland Park's history, visit orlandpark.org/ history .

In 1850, Orland Township was formed inside the English Settlement schoolhouse, located at 151st Street and 94th Avenue. Although the area was primarily a farm community and continued to remain as such, people saw the vision of what “Orland” would become. The Village of Orland Park was incorporated in 1892. The Village President was Senator John Humphrey. Humphrey and his family lived in a home built in 1881, located on 144th Place. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Humphrey House is the second permanent house built in Orland Park. The home had previously been managed and maintained by the Orland Park Historical Society. In December 2021, the Village Board of Trustees approved an asset transfer agreement that gave ownership of the John Humphrey House to the Village. Mayor Pekau stated upon approval of this action during the Meeting of the Village Board, “Old man Humphrey had the foresight in making sure the Village was included in [his] will in case somebody couldn’t take care of it to make sure that it was still

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VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK | FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET IN BRIEF