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  South Chicago Heights

Near the southern edge of Cook County, the small town of SouthChicago Heights grew around the intersection of the Sauk andHubbard Trails. Both had existed for hundreds of years as majorroutes for native peoples and early traders. In 1907, residents in the immediate area joined with commercial interests around the old intersection and, meeting in the depot of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroads, voted to become the village of South Chicago Heights. By 1910, the village had its own volunteer fire department and its first policeman. From 1913 into 1928, the original route of the Lincoln Highway came into the village from the east on Sauk Trail and then north on Chicago Road. The section along Chicago Road also was designated as part of the Dixie Highway in 1915. By 1926, this route became Illinois State Route One.

South Chicago Heights was originally home to the thousands of Italian, Polish, and German immigrants who worked in Chicago Heights. Today, it has become an area of newer, more expensive housing adjacent to the forest preserve land and many commercial properties that have been developed along Chicago Road.

 
AMF Classic Lanes of SCH
3201 E. End Avenue
708-754-4210

Burrito Station
39 W. Sauk Trail
708-755-5875

Dean Gyros
162 W. Sauk Trail
708-756-3728

Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
44 W. Sauk Trail
708-756-3800

Perro's Brothers Gyros
2603 Chicago Road
708-755-5055

Scrementi's Restaurant
104 W. Sauk Trail
708-755-7100

Superstar Gyros
2923 Chicago Road
708-709-0165

 
     

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