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411 S. I-Oka – Maurice Pendleton House
This house at 411 S. I-Oka was constructed sometime around 1928. This date puts it in the midst of the large scare development and subdivision of the land surrounding the golf course. Because of this, it is quite possible that this is one of the oldest houses in the area, and that the original unknown residents of this house were some of the first to take advantage of Axel Lonnquist’s subdivision of Northwest Hills.
While the original
residents of this house are unknown, one of its later
occupants would become an
important figure in the history of Mount Prospect. Maurice Pendleton and his
wife Hestor lived here with their two children, David and Thomas during the
1940s and 1950s. Maurice was born in Ohio and attended college at the
University of Rochester, graduating in 1925. He began a career as a salesman
for trade journals in Jamestown, New York, but soon was transferred to Chicago.
In 1929 he opened his own publishing firm which dealt with lumber and
woodworking journals.
Maurice was not only known for his publishing work, however. From 1945 until 1953 he served as Mayor of Mount Prospect under the Village Betterment Party. Under his leadership Mount Prospect was able to grow and attract many new families and businesses because of his financial management. He was also responsible for the publishing of the town’s first newspaper, The Prospector. After serving two terms as mayor, he decided not to run for another term, as he believed officials should only serve twice. He eventually retired to McHenry, Illinois where he passed away in 1991.