page_title: Barrington, Illinois
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Barrington, Illinois / History / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Shows all the public facilities and private buildings in Barrington Illinois as existed in October 1953
context_page_description: Barrington is a village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,327 at the 2010 census. A northwest suburb of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks, and horse trails in a country-suburban setting.
  The Barrington area ZIP code, 60010, is the seventh-wealthiest ZIP code in the United States among areas with a population of 20,000 or more.
  Barrington is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and serves as the hub of activity for the surrounding 90-square-mile region which consists of six independent villages including North Barrington, South Barrington, Barrington Hills, Lake Barrington and Tower Lakes, as well as small portions of Carpentersville, Deer Park, Hoffman Estates, Fox River Grove, Port Barrington and Inverness. The village's motto is "a great place to live, work, and play!"
context_section_description: At the beginning of the 20th century, the village streets were unpaved, although the downtown area had wooden slat sidewalks, with some on elevated platforms.  The downtown area also featured hitching posts for tethering horses as well as public outhouses.  Meanwhile, fenced residential backyards in the village often contained livestock and barnyard animals.
  In 1907, the village began replacing its wooden sidewalks with cement pavement. In 1929, the Jewel Tea Company built a new office, warehouse, and coffee roasting facility northeast of the village center, creating hundreds of local jobs despite the Great Depression.
  The last major fire in downtown Barrington occurred on December 19, 1989. The fire completely destroyed Lipofsky's Department Store, then one of the oldest continually operating businesses in the village.
caption: A "Building and Use Map" of the village as it existed in October 1953. This map, with dots representing individual houses, was based on 1939 and 1949 aerial maps of the area as well as field inspections by then Village Trustee John H.D. Blanke.
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