The Hubbards lived in Lake Forest, where they had a notable home at 1275 N. Waukegan Road (built 1929; Architect Ralph Varney). According to a Chicago Tribune article about a later owner of the house, John Weigel, "Clarence Hubbard, who built the house, finished it just as the stock market crashed in 1929. He lost everything and had to sell the house for almost nothing."
After John bought the house in 1959, he decided to find the original owner. The trail led him to a postage stamp store on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago and a sad, poor man. "We had the cottage (in the back of the house), and I told him he could live there for free," John says. "He said no - too many bitter memories."
Tim Weigel, the late Chicago sports reporter, spent his high school years living in the house.
After John bought the house in 1959, he decided to find the original owner. The trail led him to a postage stamp store on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago and a sad, poor man. "We had the cottage (in the back of the house), and I told him he could live there for free," John says. "He said no - too many bitter memories."
Tim Weigel, the late Chicago sports reporter, spent his high school years living in the house.
The Hubbards lived in Lake Forest, where they had a notable home at 1275 N. Waukegan Road (built 1929; Architect Ralph Varney). According to a Chicago Tribune article about a later owner of the house, John Weigel, "Clarence Hubbard, who built the house, finished it just as the stock market crashed in 1929. He lost everything and had to sell the house for almost nothing."
After John bought the house in 1959, he decided to find the original owner. The trail led him to a postage stamp store on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago and a sad, poor man. "We had the cottage (in the back of the house), and I told him he could live there for free," John says. "He said no - too many bitter memories."
Tim Weigel, the late Chicago sports reporter, spent his high school years living in the house.
After John bought the house in 1959, he decided to find the original owner. The trail led him to a postage stamp store on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago and a sad, poor man. "We had the cottage (in the back of the house), and I told him he could live there for free," John says. "He said no - too many bitter memories."
Tim Weigel, the late Chicago sports reporter, spent his high school years living in the house.
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