East Dundee has purchased the shuttered Haeger Pottery site and plans to use it for new residential development and open space, officials said. East Dundee has purchased the shuttered Haeger Pottery site, marking a milestone for the village as it transforms the historic property into an active residential area, officials said.
Haeger’s extensive history includes providing bricks to help rebuild Chicago following the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and being part of the part of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1934. In the 1920s, it produced teaware, lunchware, crystal, glasses and other goods that have since become collector’s items.
“Moving forward, we would need to look at budgeting them,” board member Dawn Martin said at the meeting. The restaurant, owned and operated by Matthew Habib and his wife, Jennifer Polit, was located at 109 E. Highland Ave. in downtown Elgin from 2020 through part of 2022. In May 2023, the couple renovated the restaurant and opened it as Rogue’s Corner, which closed at the end of January.
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