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====The Joshua P. Young House==== [[File:Joshua P Young House.JPG|thumb|The Joshua P. Young House, built circa 1852]] An ad appeared in the book ''Chicago and Its Suburbs'', which was published in 1874 in part to promote the interests of real estate developers in the Chicago area. Note the mention of the firm's holdings in [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]], South Lawn (later [[Harvey, Illinois|Harvey]]), [[Homewood, Illinois|Homewood]] and Washington Heights (later [[Morgan Park, Chicago|Morgan Park]]), the latter of which was purchased in 1869 for $150 per acre from the {{convert|1500|acre|adj=on}} tract that was then being developed by the Blue Island Land and Building Co. The house was built by Carlton Wadhams (1810β1891), who came to Blue Island in 1839 from [[Goshen, Connecticut]], and farmed on land north of the village until he opened the American House Hotel (building extant) in 1844. During his time in Blue Island, Wadhams made his first fortune as the owner of the hotel and as a cattle dealer, staying until c. 1857 when he sold his holdings and moved to [[South Bend, Indiana]]. In South Bend he was one of the founders of the Dodge Manufacturing Company and of the First National Bank, where he was a director until his death.<ref>{{cite book |title=South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It. |last= Anderson and Cooley|year= 1901 |publisher= Press of the Tribune Printing Company |location= South Bend|page= 95}}</ref> Wadhams sold the house along with all of the property on which it was located, which included the American House and all of the land between what is today Western Avenue, Maple Avenue, Burr Oak Avenue and Vermont Street to Joshua Palmer Young (1818β1889),<ref>{{cite book |title=Dedication to Benjamin Harrison, Christian gentleman; patriotic citizen; brave soldier; wise statesman and 23d President of the United States |last= Old Tippecanoe Club of Chicago |year= 1899 |publisher= Press of the Peerless Printing Co.| location= Chicago|pages=218β219 |url=https://archive.org/stream/dedicationtobenj00oldt#page/218/mode/2up |access-date=December 11, 2010}}</ref> who, by himself beginning in 1848 and in a partnership with John K. Rowley that was established in 1866, played an important role in the development of the Chicago communities of [[Beverly, Chicago|Beverly Hills]], [[Morgan Park, Chicago|Morgan Park]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Everett Chamberlin |title=Chicago and its Suburbs| publisher=T.A. Hungerford & Co.| location=Chicago|orig-year=1874 β reprinted 2010 by [[BiblioBazaar|Nabu Press]] |pages= 369, 407, 470 |isbn= 978-1-142-31955-7|date=January 2010}}</ref> [[Near West Side, Chicago|Near West Side]], [[Washington Heights, Chicago|Washington Heights]] and [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois: with portraits β Eighth Edition, Revised and Extended |year= 1897 |publisher= Calumet Book and Engraving Co.| location= Chicago|pages=500β501 |url=https://archive.org/stream/albumofgenealogy1897calu#page/500/mode/2up |access-date=December 11, 2010}}</ref> as well as the suburban communities of Blue Island, South Lawn (now [[Harvey, Illinois|Harvey]]),<ref>{{cite book |title=HISTORY β the City of Harvey 1890β1962 |last= Kerr| first= Alec C.|year= 1962 |publisher= First National Bank in Harvey|location= Harvey| asin=B001J34JEK |page= 15}}</ref> [[Homewood, Illinois|Homewood]] and [[South Holland, Illinois|South Holland]]. Young operated the hotel for a time and was otherwise active in local affairs. He served from 1878β1880 as the president of the village board, and was a founder of the Congregational church (now Christ Memorial United Church of Christ). He was one of the incorporators, a director and secretary of the Chicago, Blue Island and Indiana Railroad Company (now part of the [[Grand Trunk Railway]]), whose charter was approved by the state of Illinois on March 7, 1867.<ref>{{cite book |title=Private Laws of the State of Illinois passed by the Twenty-fifth General Assembly β Convened January 7, 1867 β Volume II|year= 1867 |publisher= Baker, Bailhache & Co., Printers|location= Springfield|pages=545β548}}</ref> The house is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois|National Register of Historic Places]] and is included in the State of Illinois' Historic Architectural and Archaeology Resources Geographic Information System.
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