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History · Glenview

Glenview’s post office opened in 1893, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

15 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 9 buildings.

1893first post office
15on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Glenview began

When was Glenview founded?

1893

The Glenview post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 596133 years
Founding year: the first Glenview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Glenview’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Glenview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register15 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenview’s history is told.

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On the National Register

15 historic places in Glenview

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
15
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
29
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Chrisler House
EdgewoodGlenview Historic DistrictLincliffPirtle HouseRockledgeShwab HouseWinkworth, built 1906Woodside/John T. Bate HouseBallard, Rogers Clark, Memorial SchoolGaffney HouseHaldeman HouseChrisler HouseAtherton Carriage HouseHorner HouseLadless Hill
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Architectural styles listings

Colonial Revival4
Arts and Crafts4
Tudor Revival4
Georgian Revival3
Italianate1
Mission Revival1
EdgewoodColonial Revival
Glenview Historic DistrictGeorgian Revival
LincliffGeorgian Revival
Pirtle HouseColonial Revival
RockledgeTudor Revival
Shwab HouseTudor Revival
WinkworthGeorgian Revival · Built 1906
Woodside/John T. Bate HouseColonial Revival
All 15 listings
Ballard, Rogers Clark, Memorial SchoolBuilding · listed 1983Gaffney HouseBuilding · listed 1983Haldeman HouseBuilding · listed 1983Chrisler HouseBuilding · listed 1980Atherton Carriage HouseBuilding · listed 1983Horner HouseBuilding · listed 1983Ladless HillBuilding · listed 1983

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Glenview came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Glenview.

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5,000 acres (20 km2) of the surrounding land were originally owned by James Smalley Bate and named "Berry Hill" for his former Virginia home. The estate was purchased in 1868 by meat packer James C. McFerran. McFerran's horse farm was named "Glen View". After his death in 1885, John E. Green acquired the farm and renamed it "Glenview Stock Farm". The community received its post office on May 11, 1893.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Places that used to be

Old corners

Glenview’s post office has been open since 1893.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Indian Hills2 historic placesC−

Questions about Glenview’s history

What year was Glenview founded?

The Glenview post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Glenview?

15 listings: 14 buildings, among them the Chrisler House (listed 1980, the first), and 1 historic district, the Glenview Historic District, with 9 contributing buildings. 29 historic buildings in all.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata (4), the National Register of Historic Places (15), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.