West End Garden blossoms for 100 years

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Creator: Ruth Solomon
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Photographs
Notes: West End Florist & Garden Center, 3800 Old Glenview Road, Evanston, is celebrating 100 years in business. The nursery was founded by Mathias Hoffmann and his bride Kathryn Loutsch. It passed from father Mathias to son Edwin to grandson George and now to great-granddaughter Elizabeth Hoffman. She believes Edwin dropped the second "n" in the last name to avoid confusion with another greenhouse in the area called Hoffmann's. History of the family and the greenhouse business.

Photographs Mayme and Edwin Hoffman, grandparents of Elizabeth Hoffman, who owns the florist and nursery with her father George Hoffman
Date of Publication: 27 Mar 2008
Subject(s): Business enterprises
Centennial celebrations
Garden centers (retail trade)
Corporate Name(s): West End Florist & Garden Center
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.294166
Language of Item: English
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