Glenview Park District

ABOUT GLENVIEW PARK DISTRICT: "The Glenview Park District Serves more than 50,000 residents, including all of Glenview and Golf, small portions of Niles, Northbrook, Northfield and Skokie, and unincorporated areas beyond the village limits. The district owns, maintains and operates more than 845 acres. Connect with us at www.glenviewparks.org. ABOUT THE GROVE: The Grove is 152.23 acres of ecologically diverse prairie grove land preserved and maintained by the Glenview Park District. The Grove was the home of visionary horticulturalist and educator Dr. John Kennicott, who bought his family from New Orleans to settle on this land in 1836. Because of its rich history, The Grove was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1976. It's on the National Registry of Historic Places.