In recognition of Barrington Hills Country Club’s 100th birthday, the Board of Trustees, at its meeting, Monday, August 23, 2021, recognized this milestone with a Resolution of Proclamation congratulating Barrington Hills Country Club on the Occasion of its Centennial Year, 1921 – 2021, which was unanimously passed by the Board. 

Trustee Laura Ekstrom read aloud the Proclamation and thereafter, President Brian Cecola presented the framed document to C. Robert “Bob” Heaton, President of Barrington Hills Country Club, who accepted the gift on behalf of the Country Club.

“Thank you to each of you. It is very thoughtful.  I was surprised to get the call and pleased,” said Heaton.   He stated the Club is still very viable and that he knew a couple of the Club members whose initiatives resulted in the incorporation of Barrington Hills as a Village and stated their children and grandchildren are still Club members. “The Village has always been there when we need them..this is very thoughtful and much appreciated,” said Heaton.

CONGRATULATIONS BARRINGTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB!

Robert Heaton (R) accepting the Proclamation from Pres Cecola on behalf of Barrington Hills Country Club

RESOLUTION OF PROCLAMATION CONGRATULATING THE BARRINGTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB ON THE OCCASION OF ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR

WHEREAS, the Village of Barrington Hills (the “Village”) is a municipality located in the Counties of Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry in the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Barrington Hills Country Club (the “Club”), located in the Village, in the County of Lake, in the State of Illinois, founded and incorporated on February 21, 1921, is celebrating its Centennial year; and

WHEREAS, Barrington Hills Country Club is a foundational and historic organization in the Barrington Hills area; and

 WHEREAS, the six original founders of The Barrington Hills Country Club were: the leading founder Harry Stillson Hart, along with Herbert Bell, James R. Cardwell, George E. Van Hagen, Sr., W. J. Klingenberg, and Spencer Otis who together purchased for the Club 220 acres of attractive, rolling wooded land one mile west of the Village of Barrington in 1921; and

WHEREAS, the Club’s first Directors additionally included: Herman Cushman, R. R. Hammond, John D. Hertz, W.I. Martin and Frank Pundt, forming eleven original founders; and

WHEREAS, the golf course was designed by the renowned George O’Neil, at the time, the highest paid golf professional and golf course architect in the country; and

WHEREAS, George O’Neil designed the Club’s golf course as a true “Classic” course, described as one of the finest examples of Golden Age golf-course architecture in the Chicago area, if not in the country; and

WHEREAS, the first clubhouse was designed by renowned architect, Barrington resident and Club member Robert Work in 1925 along with his business partner, architect David Adler, to replace the temporary use of “The Old Hart Farmhouse”; Robert Work subsequently designed the current clubhouse after a fire destroyed the first structure in 1930; and

WHEREAS, from the outset, the Club’s founders intended the Club to be an endeavor that promoted friendships, families, and a sense of tight-knit community, referring to it as a “Club in the Country”; and

 WHEREAS, in the early 1950s it was former Club President Andrew J. Dallstream, who over cards in the Men’s Locker Room, spearheaded the idea of incorporating Barrington Hills as a village with zoning that would protect the openness and beauty of this unique area from development. He enlisted fellow members Orville Caesar, Harold Cheney, Thomas Z. Hayward, Sr., Newt Noble, John Shaw, Harold Byron Smith, and Tom White to canvass and persuade their neighbors to sign a petition for incorporation. After two years they accomplished their goal and Barrington Hills was incorporated as a Village in 1957, electing Andrew Dallstream as its first President; and

 WHEREAS, Club Member Harold Byron Smith, the second Village President, was instrumental in both developing the 5-acre zoning ordinance to protect our Village from development and promoting conservation by encouraging the Cook County Forest Preserve to purchase properties that are now the Crabtree and Spring Creek Forest Preserves; and

 WHEREAS, The Barrington Hills Country Club contributions to Barrington Hills are innumerable; and now, one hundred (100) years later, the Club remains as much a vital part of the community as it was in 1921; and

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Barrington Hills, Counties of Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry, and the State of Illinois as follows:

SECTION ONE:      That the Barrington Hills Country Club Centennial is hereby officially recognized and commended for the many contributions the Club has made to our community and to the very origins of our Village.

SECTION TWO:      That a copy of this Resolution shall be made a part of the Official Records of the Village of Barrington Hills so that future generations will know of the contributions Barrington Hills Country Club has made to the Village.

SECTION THREE: That a copy of this Resolution shall be presented by Brian D. Cecola, Village President to Cyrus Robert Heaton, Jr., President of the Barrington Hills Country Club.

SECTION FOUR:    This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.

Ayes:  5 (Riff, Ekstrom, Buettner, Konicek, Cecola)  |   Nays:  0    |  Absent:  2 (Strauss, Croll)

PASSED AND APPROVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois, this 23^rd day of August 2021.