On December 10,1906 James A. Rose, Secretary of State of Illinois certified the organization of “Thorne Place Club” as a legally organized corporation of the State of Illinois. Hosea V. Ferrell, Leon A. Colp, and Paul R. Colp transferred Lots 1 and 2 Block 7 Thorne Place to the Thorne Place Club on January 1, 1907. Continue reading