St Hilary School

The St. Hilary parish plant is located in the middle of Budlong Woods. The area bounded by Western on the East, Peterson Avenue on the North, the North Branch of the Chicago River on the West, and Foster Avenue on the South, was originally the wooded area of the Budlong brother's farm. The Budlong brothers developed their farm into one of the biggest truck garden farms in the Chiagoland area. The farm earned its fame as the home of the Budlong pickles. With the Spread of the city, the farm was sold. A golf course was began in 1921, but it soon gave way to land developers and their success is evidence by the domestic area now in the geographical limits of the parish.