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Ivy Hill History
Albert and Lillian Drewes bought a 145 acre farm in 1948
that was later sold in 1969 to Meister/Neiberg which became Ivy Hill.
The farm house and barn were on the east side of the road
with 80 acres and 65 acres were across the street. At the time Windsor
Drive was a gravel road and was called Buffalo Grove Road.
Al Drewes raised corn and soybeans and also raised pigs and
chickens - it was a typical farm of the times. In 1948 all surrounding
property was still farm land and open space, and had originally been settled
in the 1840's by German farmers. The farm to the South of the homestead was
owned by August Milbratz, sold to the town, and became Lake Windsor. Many relatives in the area were also farmers, including a cousin
- the William Stade family who owned the land where St. Edna's Catholic Church
now stands.
The Drewes' had three children and in the 1950's their
sons entered their pigs in the 4-H Fair, which was held at the Arlington
Heights Race Track every year, where they won many blue ribbons. Their oldest
son was elected 4-H King in 1953. While the children were in high school -
only one school for the area including Wheeling, Buffalo Grove, Arlington
Heights, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights - all towns attended one school in
Arlington Heights. Several Homecoming floats were made each year during the
50's at the farm, using their wagons and teenagers would spend a week there
decorating them.
In 1970 they built their home on the corner where the
mailbox stood, at 1307 E. Crabtree Drive, and resided there till Al passed
away in 1986 and Lillian in 2004.
It was Neiberg that went on to build the majority of homes and give Ivy Hill its name. Neiberg loved trees and named his models after common varieties, the Elm, Sycamore, Willow, Linden, Spruce, Hickory, Chestnut and Birch. The artist renderings were done in the 60's by M. Ball. Neiberg made many changes to the models as he progressed through the project some significant and others subtle.
Dabbs construction built Ivy Hill Estates, but tough times forced him to sell off to Meister Neiberg. Other builders purchases small sections of Ivy Hill including Edward Schwartz, who built Ivy Hill II and offered 4 models in the mid 80/s. Elliott/Rourke developed Arlington Court East of the school. Ben Pekin built the homes on Knob Hill Dr. Stuart Kreisman built near Camelot Park and named a street after himself.
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