2023 OP Summer Newsletter

ORLAND PARK HERITAGE SITES

Stellwagen Farm This historic farm exhibits the agricultural heritage of Orland Park. It consists of the original farm house and its outbuildings, including a windmill, dairy barn, machine shed, corn crib and multiple farm animal and storage buildings.

John Humphrey House The 1881 home listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the residence of Illinois Senator and Orland Park’s first mayor, John Humphrey.

Hostert Log Cabins Jacob and Bernard Hostert emigrated from Germany and settled in the Homer/Orland area around 1850. They raised their families in their one-room log cabins and became local farmers. These cabins, located off site on West Avenue, showcase 19th-century log cabin construction and the lifestyle of Orland’s earliest settlers.

Boley Farm An Orland Park farm with buildings more than 100 years old, and family owned for more than 161 years. It is a living lesson for schoolchildren and still an active farm.

Chiappetti Slaughterhouse A 60-ton single-story limestone building on Ravinia Avenue. For members of the Chiappetti family of Orland Park, however, the structure reminds them that years ago the family farmed the land on which the building once stood.

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