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The Highland Park Community House began in 1924 as the Highland Park Woman's Club. Designed by the prominent architect Arthur Brown as a clubhouse for the organization, the magnificent red brick Colonial-Revival home was an architectural and philanthropic accomplishment.
The Legacy of the Community House
The Community House is part of the very fabric of Highland Park's history. The Highland Park Woman's Club, founded in 1899, opened the doors to what is now the Community House in 1924 and used the facility for their meetings and programs. Among their many accomplishments, the Woman’s Club established the first public library in Highland Park securing a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, conducted blood drives during World War II, supported civic improvements and social agencies, provided relief during a typhoid epidemic and built a strong tradition of community philanthropy.
Because of a property tax assessment in 1985, the Woman’s Club could no longer afford the continued expense of the clubhouse operations compounded by yearly taxes, and they began to discuss selling the building.
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