Editing Wilmette, Illinois (section)

====Expansion during the 1920s====
Between 1900 and 1920 the village saw its population more than triple to 7,814.<ref name="shea"/> In 1922 the village adopted the "Plan of Wilmette", which outlined a vision for its future that included open spaces along Green Bay Road and the elevation of the railroad tracks to provide unobstructed flow of traffic between the east and west parts of the village.  While few of these specific plans ever materialized, the 1922 plan represents the beginning of zoning as a mode of shaping the village's development.<ref name="shea"/>

In 1919 the neighboring Village of Gross Point was dissolved due to bankruptcy.<ref name=images/> It was subsequently annexed by Wilmette, with one part being annexed in 1924 and the rest in 1926.<ref name="HoW" />

In early 1924 the village issued a permit approving construction of its first apartment building, the Linden Crest Apartments at the intersection Fifth Street and Linden. This launched a controversy, and a "No Flats" campaign was held during the following year's election. Consequentially, very few apartment buildings would be constructed in the village for the next four decades.<ref name=houses/>

The oldest surviving [[Bahá'í House of Worship]] began construction in 1920 (it would not be completed until 1953).<ref>Nancy Ryan. "Bahais celebrate anniversary; Faith's House of Worship in Wilmette 75 years old". ''Chicago Tribune''. June 12, 1987. 6.</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Bruce W. | last = Whitmore | title = The Dawning Place | publisher= Baha'i Publishing Trust | year = 1984 | isbn=0-87743-193-0 | pages = 230}}</ref> See "Attractions" below. Across Sheridan Road from the Bahá'í property, Wilmette Harbor experienced a plethora of changes in the twenties.

The Sheridan Shore Yacht Club opened in Wilmette Harbor during the 1920s.<ref name=images/><ref name=shorelife>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wilmette/news/ct-wml-sheridan-shore-yacht-club-status-tl-0331-20160329-story.html |title=Sheridan Shore Yacht Club building lease, future murky |last=Routliffe |first=Kathy |date=March 30, 2016 |website=www.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Wilmette Life; [[Pioneer Press]] ([[Tronc|Tribune Publishing]]) |access-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082719/http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wilmette/news/ct-wml-sheridan-shore-yacht-club-status-tl-0331-20160329-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The club was housed in a space on the lower floor of the [[Marshall/Goldblatt mansion|Marshall mansion]] (architect [[Benjamin Marshall (architect)|Benjamin Marshall]]'s opulent residence and studio),<ref name=images/> which sat along Sheridan Road on the south side of the harbor.<ref name=images/><ref name=houses>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Stuart |last2=Benjamin |first2=Susan |date=2004 |title=Houses of the Lakefront Suburbs, 1890-1940 |location= New York |publisher=Acanthus Press |pages=153, 192–198, 203–207 }}</ref><ref name=bmptd>{{cite web |url=http://www.triblocal.com/wilmette-kenilworth/community/stories/2011/10/lakeshore-exhibit-opens-at-historical-museum/ |title=Lakeshore Exhibit Opens at Historical Museum |last=Kuhn |first=Rachel |date=October 20, 2011 |website=www.triblocal.com/ |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=June 12, 2017 |quote=Carbon Petroleum Dubbs, who pushed through the building of Wilmette's water plant, to Benjamin Marshall, whose lavish lakeside mansion provided the first real home to Wilmette's new yacht club. |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015529/http://www.triblocal.com/wilmette-kenilworth/community/stories/2011/10/lakeshore-exhibit-opens-at-historical-museum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Marshall had allowed the club to be located in his mansion as a compromise with the village. The village had previously been unwilling to rezone the property to permit him to house his commercial offices there. As a result, Marshall had been unable to get a building permit for the home. Marshall made an offer to members of the headquarterless organization, he would let them house their headquarters in the basement of the studio if they could convince the village to issue a permit.<ref name=houses/> Soon afterwards, the village was convinced to issue a permit allowing for the construction of a "clubhouse-studio". Marshall constructed his forty-room pink-[[stucco]] [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] mansion from 1922 until 1924 and decorated it with rare art and furniture.<ref name=images/><ref name=houses/> It was said to have cost somewhere between $500,000 and $1,000,000 to construct.<ref name=houses/><ref name=marshallgoldblatt1>{{cite web |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1936/08/06/page/3/article/goldblatt-buys-benj-marshall-1-000-000-home |title=GOLDBLATT BUYS BENJ. MARSHALL $1,000,000 HOME |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 6, 1936 |website=archives.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201040329/https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The house was built into a bluff so that only one of its three stories was visible at street level.<ref name=houses/> The residence featured an enclosed tropical [[greenhouse]] with a [[swimming pool]] and a Chinese temple room featuring a 500-year-old mandarin bed (the Chinese temple room was said to have cost $87,000).<ref name=houses/><ref name=marshallgoldblatt1/> also had an Egyptian solarium that featured a table which rose through the floor, rising up from a butler's pantry beneath it.<ref name=marshallgoldblatt1/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahrothschild.com/real-estate--history-blog/goldblatt-homes-a-pink-palace-wilmette |title=GOLDBLATT HOMES, A PINK PALACE & WILMETTE |last=Rothschild |first=Sarah |date=June 22, 2012 |website=www.sarahrothschild.com |publisher=Sarah Rothschild |access-date=June 15, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115014922/http://www.sarahrothschild.com/real-estate--history-blog/goldblatt-homes-a-pink-palace-wilmette |url-status=live }}</ref> The house's furnishings included a tapestry which [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] once presented to [[Madame de Pompadour]].<ref name=marshallgoldblatt1/> It was one of the North Shore's most extravagant residences.<ref name=houses/>

Development of Wilmette's 'Indian Hill Estates' subdivision began in 1926. The subdivision featured long winding roads named after Native American tribes, and its homes were built on well-manicured lots featuring deep setbacks. The early homes developed were given European styles and names.<ref name=images/>

In the 1920s, [[No Man's Land, Illinois|No Man's Land]], an unincorporated area to the north, experienced a period of tremendous exuberance. The [[Plaza del Lago|Spanish Court]], one of the nation's earliest automobile-centered shopping developments, was constructed in No Man's Land.<ref name="shea"/> Building began on such private clubs as the Miralago Ballroom, an early Art Deco building designed by George Fred Keck, which opened in 1929.<ref name="shea"/> Teatro del Lago, an opulent movie house, opened in 1927.<ref name="shea"/>