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York Center is an unincorporated community in York Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. York Center is located by Meyers Road and 16th Street, near the southern border of Lombard, and the western border of Oakbrook Terrace. York Center has an elementary school which was originally named Stevenson Elementary School after a founding teacher, Ethel Stevenson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/26986 )〕 and a fire protection district,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.yorkcenterfire.org/about.html )〕 which covers unincorporated areas of Lombard, Villa Park, Oak Brook, and Oakbrook Terrace. York Center was founded immediately after World War II as a co-op on the principles of shared ownership "to promote and develop good will, high moral values, wholesome cooperative activities and healthy civic spirit." Louis Shirky established a Church of the Brethren purchasing the (Goltermann farm ) for the housing cooperative. 〔History of DuPage County, http://www.dupagehistory.org/dupage_roots/Chapter5.htm; "York Center is a co-op divided" Ted Gregory.''Chicago Tribune''. November 08, 2001.〕 At its founding the co-op was an experiment in what was then considered radical living.〔Kirkpatrick, Truman. History of York Center Cooperative, Inc. 1976."An accurate portrayal of the 'early days' of the Co-op ()"--Pref. Typescript (photocopy), unbound..Earlham College Libraries Lilly Library Richmond, IN 47374 United States.〕 Chicagoans who wanted to escape grime and prejudice flocked to what was then a bucolic farm, which the people bought and the co-op subdivided. Members learned to tout the 100 acres of communally-owned property as an economically mixed society that was tolerant of all races, religions and ethnicities.〔"Now, York Center Cooperative Confronts An Age-old Problem." June 24, 1993.By Jennifer Lenhart ''Chicago Tribune''.http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-06-24/news/9306240126_1_co-op-photo-album-houses〕 Many early residents, including Louis Shirkey were members of the (York Center Church of the Brethren ). The purpose was to establish a new kind of community, a housing cooperative based on open membership ``to all persons of good will.〔"Cooperation Is The Glue Of York Center." August 14, 1988. By Betty Lundy.''Chicago Tribune''http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/features/8801230018_1_co-op-housing-legal-details.〕 Archivist Dennis Bilger of the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., has stated, ``It is probably true that the York Center Cooperative was, if not the first, one of the very earliest integrated housing developments in the United States.`〔"Cooperation Is The Glue Of York Center." August 14, 1988.By Betty Lundy.''Chicago Tribune''http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/features/8801230018_1_co-op-housing-legal-details.〕 In 1949, President Harry Truman issued an executive order declaring racial discrimination illegal in the granting of Federal Housing Administration loans. The watershed edict came after York Center Co-op members teamed up with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in a test case.〔"Dupage Housing Co-op Marks 50 Years Of Diversity" ''Chicago Tribune'' April 21, 1995|By Lynn Van Matre. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-14/features/8801230018_1_co-op-housing-legal-details/2〕 Girl Scouting was an important aspect of life in York Center. The (Northern Illinois Council ) now serves the area which was led by R. Hopley "Hop" Roberts in the days it was part of the DuPage County Council.〔R. Hopley "Hop" Roberts. December 18, 1997. ''Chicago Tribune.'' http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-12-18/news/9712180165_1_lombard-hop-mrs-roberts〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「York Center, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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