The McHenry Brick Mill - Hanly Property

The McHenry Landmark Commission is in the process of considering the old Hanly Brick Mill for landmark designation!

Here at the McHenry Area Historical Society, we are very excited about this! 

If you would like to read the presentation we did for the Landmark Commission, you can view the PDF file here.

The Hanly Mill

 

Help Needed!

 

The McHenry Area Historical Society needs your assistance!!

We are looking for a historic photo of the John Heimer house located on the northwest corner of Elm St and Court St. The house dates to approx. 1898 and currently houses "Salon & Spa". The address is 3402 Elm St.

 

 

 

We would like to include this historic home in our 2023 MAHS calendar. This photo is current grabbed from Google Earth.

 

If you have a historic photo of this beautiful old home, please email us!

 

We're hoping someone can help us out! 

 

Thanks in advance!

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St. Patrick's Church

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, located on Washington Street, has a long history in McHenry.

 

The congregation was established in 1840 but it wasn't until 1853 that Irish Catholics had a building for prayer and worship. Until then, Mass was held at the homes of local residents.

The original church was built at the cost of $3,000.00. The land was donated by James Gibbs.

In 1872, an addition added more space and then in 1883, another addition was built.

In 1922, a new church was built to the west of the original church at the cost of $70,000.00.

The little old church sat vacant on the east side of the property until 1946. It was deteriorated and was razed in June of that year.

Source: The McHenry Plaindealer 20 Jun, 1946 Page 1