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Seeking ... Graduates of
Ella Flagg Young Elementary School
Austin was created in 1865, when developer Henry Austin purchased 470 acres for a temperance settlement named “Austinville” (Chicago Avenue to Madison Street, and Laramie to Austin Boulevard). Austin's intentions for the settlement were clear: home ownership, public amenities such as tree-lined parkways, and gracious living—though Austin himself lived in Oak Park.*
Learn more about the community
- Austin History Research Collections
- Austin High School
Records, 1879-1971
- Encyclopedia of Chicago - Austin
- Chicago Rapid Transit
- The Chicago "L", including Historic Stations
- Austin High Gang
- Rockne Theatre
- Manor Theatre on North Avenue (Ferrara)
- The Closing of North Austin Lutheran Church
* Description borrowed from Encyclopedia of Chicago.
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