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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


City Council allocated funding to make masonry and roof repairs to the fog houses next to the Harley Clarke mansion in the 2017 budget. The fog houses are used for summer parks programming.

City’s response to Harley Clarke Mansion plan: A sigh of relief

September 18, 2016

After four years of debate over the fate of the Harley Clarke Mansion — a hulking, ivy-colored structure on Sheridan Road — City Council finally struck a deal, albeit temporary. “We were trying...

Steve Hagerty, chair of the Harley Clarke Citizens Committee, presents background on the Harley Clarke mansion to a packed room Monday night. The committee has gathered public opinion and research since January to help determine a future for the mansion, and will present its final recommendations to City Council next month.

Evanston residents, city officials debate five proposals for Harley Clarke mansion’s future

May 19, 2015

More than 100 Evanston residents and city officials gathered Monday evening to discuss five proposals from the public for the future of the Harley Clarke mansion. The proposals included the city renovating...

Members of the Harley Clarke Citizens Committee discuss a list of criteria they compiled at the meeting. The committee met to address ways to approach the future of the Harley Clarke Mansion.

Harley Clarke Mansion committee holds first meeting

February 13, 2015

The Harley Clarke Citizens Committee, assembled by Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl to address the future of the oft-debated Harley Clarke Mansion, met for the first time Thursday night to discuss its course...

Diane Tecic, program manager of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Coastal Management Program, speaks at Wednesday night's Harley Clarke Mansion Community Meeting. The IDNR officially expressed interest in the property last October.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources proposes offices, coastal education center for Harley Clarke Mansion

January 15, 2014

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources formally introduced its intentions to use the Harley Clarke Mansion as an office space and public coastal education center to Evanston residents Wednesday...

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