061418 LCJ Mother Rudd House (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Several old photographs of Warren Township were on display in a glass case at the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The Mother Rudd Home on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.The home was built in 1843. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A School Days exhibit featuring one-room schoolhouses in Warren Township was on display on the second floor of the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ron Wendt, of Gurnee, president of the Warren Township Historical Society, plays a song by the Peerless Quartette on a 1916 Victrola at the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee.Wendt says, "it still works and you don't have to plug it in."(6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Trish Wendt, of Gurnee reads the information card telling the story of the signature quilt, made in 1886, that is draped over a bed in one of the bedrooms at the Mother Rudd House on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Joe Lodesky, of Gurnee, vice president of the Warren Township Historical Society, stands next to a case of old photos of Warren Township as he talks about the artifacts on display at the Mother Rudd House on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Trish Wendt, of Gurnee reads about the Underground Railroad on a plaque in the Mother Rudd Barn Historic Garden in Gurnee.It is believed the Mother Rudd Barn was a stop in the Underground Railroad. All that is left of the barn is the stone foundation.Wendt serves on the Board of Directors for the Warren Township Historical Society.(6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The Mother Rudd Barn Historic Garden sits next to the Mother Rudd House on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ron Wendt, of Gurnee, president of the Warren Township Historical Society, talks about the restoration of the foundation of rocks that supported the Mother Rudd Barn on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A mannequin wearing a 1970's dress worn for the Gurnee Days Parade stands in the parlor of the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A portrait of Walter S. Gurnee hangs on the wall at the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee. (6/11/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Portraits of George and Emily Hucker are on display at the Mother Rudd House in Gurnee. The Huckers were parents to Eliza Hucker Elsbury whose husband, James Elsbury, died in the Titanic.(6/11/18)