Editing Third Lake, Illinois (section)

==History==

The Alexander Druce Family were the earliest residents of the settlement in 1861. This family owned the land as well as both  [[Druce Lake]] and Chittendon Lake. The second of which was named after a farming family from further north, the name would be changed to Third Lake in 1954. The Druce Family [[cemetery]] was in place by 1907.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mariner's Cove of Yesteryear |url=https://www.marinerscovethirdlake.com/history.html |website=Mariner's Cove Neighborhood |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>

In 1959 Third Lake was incorporated as a village in order to avoid pollution and halt development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1249.html |website=Encyclopedia of Chicago |publisher=Chicago Historical Society |access-date=April 10, 2024 |title=Third Lake, IL }}</ref>

Third Lake became the North American headquarters for the [[Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=DIOCESE OF NEW GRACANICA-MIDWESTERN AMERICA |url=https://www.serborth.org/newgracanica |website=Serbian Orthodox Church |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> The [[New Gračanica Monastery]] was built in 1984.

[[File:Nova Gračanica Monastery crop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Nova Gračanica Monastery in 2016.|alt=a colour photograph of a monastery]]

Despite the actions taken, major development of the area began in the mid-1980's in the hands of a development syndicate.