 Krause Family Farm, 1898 Chicago's South Shore by Charles Celander
 Krause Family Farm, 1898 Chicago's South Shore by Charles Celander
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Soon after the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the Krause family moved into the neighborhood of South Shore as its first residents. By the start of the 20th century, they had been joined by a community of European immigrants of Swedish, Irish, and German descent, who had moved out of the Woodlawn area due to the slow migration of blacks coming into their neighborhood. By 1905, they had built the Jackson Park Highlands. The Highlands served as a residential community featuring grand homes for the wealthy. Over the next decade, the South Shore neighborhood would be home to an exclusive and white upper-middle class community.
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 Jackson Park Highlands Home Chicago's South Shore by Charles Celander
 South Shore Country Club Chicago's South Shore by Charles Celander
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In 1906, Lawrence Heyworth founded the South Shore Country Club, a 62-acre lakeside playground. The Club building was later remodeled in 1915 to fit the Mediterranean revival style by Marshall and Fox, the same firm who built the clubhouse in 1906. Throughout the years, Marshall and Fox went on to design other small buildings on the Club grounds. As the club began to thrive, it changed its policies from being a Protestant-only club. However, the Club retained their rule not to allow blacks and Jews as members. The large gate outside of the main clubhouse was not only for decoration, but it was a reminder of the Club's exclusive demeanor.
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 Chicago Tribune
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"In the early twentieth century the Center was an exclusive country club belonging to the likes of the
Armours and the Swifts. Later it became a club mostly for moneyed Catholics who couldn't gain admittance to the Protestant-dominated clubs of the rich and famous."
- Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway by Bernard Judge and Neal Samors
Armours and the Swifts. Later it became a club mostly for moneyed Catholics who couldn't gain admittance to the Protestant-dominated clubs of the rich and famous."
- Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway by Bernard Judge and Neal Samors
Chicago Tribune
