Editing Barrington, Illinois (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Village of Barrington Map 1953.jpg|thumb|A "Building and Use Map" of the village as it existed in October 1953. This map, with dots representing individual houses, was based on 1939 and 1949 aerial maps of the area as well as field inspections by then Village Trustee John H.D. Blanke.]]

At the beginning of the 20th century, the village streets were unpaved, although the downtown area had wooden slat sidewalks, with some on elevated platforms.<ref name="VilHistPlaces"/>  The downtown area also featured hitching posts for tethering horses as well as public outhouses.<ref name="VilHistPlaces"/>  Meanwhile, fenced residential backyards in the village often contained livestock and barnyard animals.<ref name="VilHistPlaces"/>

In 1907, the village began replacing its wooden sidewalks with cement pavement.<ref name="VilHistPlaces"/> In 1929, the [[Jewel (supermarket)#Beginning|Jewel Tea Company]] built a new office, warehouse, and [[coffee]] roasting facility northeast of the village center, creating hundreds of local jobs despite the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite web| last=Blue |first=Renee |url=http://www.qbarrington.com/mj09-feature-depression.html |title=Features |publisher=Qbarrington.com |access-date=July 10, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The last major fire in downtown Barrington occurred on December 19, 1989. The fire completely destroyed Lipofsky's Department Store, then one of the oldest continually operating businesses in the village.<ref name="VilHistPlaces"/>

====The Battle of Barrington====
{{Main|The Battle of Barrington}}
On November 27, 1934, a running gun battle between [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents and [[Public enemy|Public Enemy # 1]] [[Baby Face Nelson]] took place in Barrington, resulting in the deaths of [[Special Agent]] [[Herman Hollis|Herman "Ed" Hollis]] and Inspector [[Samuel P. Cowley]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=3534 |title=The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers .. |access-date=December 13, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720060539/http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=3534 |archive-date=July 20, 2006 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Nelson, though shot nine times, escaped the gunfight in Hollis's car with his wife, Helen Gillis. Nelson succumbed from his wounds at approximately 8 p.m. that evening and was unceremoniously dumped near a cemetery in Niles Center (now [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]]), Illinois.<ref>"Trace Outlaw Nelson on Death Ride." ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. November 29, 1934. p. 1</ref>  Infamous for allegedly killing more federal agents than any other individual, Nelson was later buried at Saint Joseph Cemetery in [[River Grove, Illinois]]. A plaque near the entrance to Langendorf Park, part of the Barrington Park District, commemorates the agents killed in the gunfight.