So many of the children of Lydia and William Gold Hibbard lived near their parents' home at 1701 Prairie Avenue that the family referred to the blocks surrounding 18th Street as "Hibbardville." This map, drawn by a Hibbard descendent, shows the family home and those of their children (Frank and William) and daughters (Addie Gregory, Alice Sterling, Lilian Casselberry, and Nellie Buckingham). Although Lydia Hibbard remained in the family home after her husband died, her children's families, like those of many of her Prairie Avenue neighbors, eventually moved to the North Shore, first to summer homes, and then permanently to Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Winnetka.

Creator: Addie Hibbard Gregory
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-38200)