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La Grange
The village of La Grange, founded in 1879, is a west suburban community offering
metropolitan living, tree-lined streets, and quiet neighborhoods.
Cossitt developed the village as the village of La Grange. The emphasis in the
decades that followed was on building homes, schools, and churches. La Grange has
also become the largest retail center outside of Chicago, boasting 30 stores in its
central business district by 1906.
The village has many civic and fraternal clubs. There are churches representing
16 denominations in the village. The La Grange Public Library offers 80,000 volumes.
It offers a wide variety of programs for children as well.
Schools have always played an important role in the village. Lyons Township High
School was completed at Brainard and Cossitt avenues in 1889, now known as LT's north
campus, and attended by juniors and seniors. The high school district, which has a
south campus in Western Springs, is well known for its academics and extracurricular
offerings. Area children attend elementary schools in Districts 102 and 105, as well
as several parochial schools.
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