Barrington History Archives

March 6th in Barrington History | Reckless Nimrods Shoot Into Houses

With renewed focus on remembering our local roots,…

173. Barrington’s White House Grand Opening Tours

Immediately after the 4th of July Parade, village…

38. Lifelong Resident Reflects on Barrington’s 150 Year History

Barrington celebrated the official 150th anniversary of its…

136. White House Rolling Out Red Carpet Memorial Day Weekend

They’ll be rolling out the red carpet at…

310. JFK Photos Unveiled Today at Barrington High School

This afternoon, on the eve of the 50th…

83. Marketplace: Mother’s Day Blooms at Goebbert’s

If you’re looking for something special to do…

28. Catlow Memories Contest Winner Revealed!

We loved reading the entries in the contest…

241. Marketplace: Turn Back Time at The Bread Basket

We’re stepping back in time and sharing a…

231. Guess Where Wednesday & Last Week’s Winner

So it’s clear to me now that local history is no mystery in Barrington! We had a record-breaking number of guesses come in last week when we published our “mystery photo” from the Barrington Area Library archives. More on that in a minute. But first, we have an AWESOME prize for the winner of our new mystery photo contest. So let’s get to it! I cropped this picture to make it a little more challenging. Can you guess what this is a picture of?

We’ll get to this week’s prize in a minute. But first, let’s talk about last week’s winner. Just moments ago we drew the winning name and it is……

224. “Guess Where Wednesday” & Last Week’s Winner

We’re going back in time for this week’s “Mystery Photo” here at 365Barrington.com. This picture comes straight from the Barrington Area Library’s archive of historic photos. You can’t take a picture like this today because this building is no longer standing. But if you’ve been in Barrington a while, this one will probably be obvious. Can you guess what this is a picture of?

We’ll get to this week’s prize in a minute. But first, let’s talk about last week’s winner. Just moments ago we drew the winning name and it is……

207. The Legend of White Cemetery and Cuba Road

Halloween is just one week from today and, with all of the tombstones, ghouls and eerie jack-o-lanterns decorating homes throughout Barrington, I can’t help but be reminded of the more sinister side of the holiday. After all, Halloween’s namesake, “All Hallows Eve”, is a night when unclean spirits presumably try to upstage the celebration of saints on November 1st, “All Saint’s Day”. Which leads me to the story of what ghost researchers suspect to be one of the most haunted cemeteries in Illinois. It’s called White Cemetery, it’s located right here in Barrington and, at first glance, it looks like an ordinary resting place.

But I’ve found at least one photo of what some believe is a ghostly figure among the graves in the cemetery, which I will show you in just a minute……