Lawson Home Inspection & Radon Testing has been serving Warneville, Illinois buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and attorneys for more than twenty-five years. Robin Lawson is a Illinois licensed property inspector and a Illinois licensed radon testing professional.
Warrenville was founded in 1833 when Julius Warren and his family moved west from
New York seeking a fresh start from a failing gristmill and distillery. Daniel Warren, Julius' father, claimed land at what is now McDowell Woods, and Julius claimed land at what is now the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve. The first major establishment, an inn/tavern, was built in 1838 by Julius Warren himself, as the family was skilled in timber and grain. The Inn still stands today, and was renovated in 2002.
The town quickly blossomed with two mills and a plank road connecting it with NapervilleandWinfield, on which Julius operated a stage coach line. The town failed at its bid to have the railroad come through the town. However, in 1901, the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad came through town, which lasted until the 1950s.
There is an "old neighborhood," south, with mixed housing styles near Galusha Avenue. There is a Forest Preserve neighborhood, east, with wooded-lot expensive multi-acre homes close to Cantigny(Can-teeeny) War Museum, Cantigny Golf Course, and Mckee Marsh. In the mid 1970s two large subdivisions were developed in the west, next to Fermilab, a scientific research center where the world's largest superconducting particle accelerator ring is located. The subdivisions are called Summerlakes and Fox Hollow. Other notable subdivisions of Warrenville include Saddle Ridge, Thornwilde, Edgebrook and River Oaks.
