A crossroads in the development of Oekology (Ecology) at the turn of the century.
Named for Dr. Frank Spooner Churchill an early pediatrician, medical inspector of Chicago;s Board of Health who pioneered reforms in pure food, water, air and sanitation; physician to the Juvenile Court who advance psychology for the rehabilitation of children; and his wife, great-grand daughter of Lucretia Mott, Lucretia Mott Hallowell Churchill, a courageous worker for women's rights, child health and labor laws, educational reform and anti-sweat shop legislation.
Their home here from 1898 to 1917 was a salon for social progress.
Dedicated October, 1977
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