Historic Lemont

Explore historic Lemont, Illinois with this walking tour app. Lemont, founded in 1836 and incorporated as a township in 1873, has a thriving down town that you can explore on foot with our highlights tour. Explore Lemont's historic churches with our Village of Faith tour. For a real workout, follow our full tour of historic Lemont. You'll want to stop for a break afterward at one of a dozen restaurants in downtown Lemont.   Thank you to Zaaron Tyebjee for narrating our text, Kate Kasper for creating the logo, the Lemont Historical Society tour committee members Gail August, Susan Donahue, and Tricia O'Neill, and the following members of Rho Kappa, the Lemont High School History honors society, who wrote the site descriptions: Anna Koestner, Jackson McManus, Adam Briestensky, Ava Wiersema, Caitlin Brennwald, Julia Bacon, Bella Kedryna, Mariah Rodriguez, Hannah Kaminski, Azizeh Khalil, Amir Biba, Delaney Zimmerman, Greta Svedas, David Arroyo, Amanda Bechtlofft, Reese Herold, Neha Samuel, Dannie Arabe, Sebastian Delatorre, Angeleah Vallianatos, Dulce Alfaro, Haley Fluder, Julia Piszko, Elizabeth Laketa, Alyssa Greer, Molly Tucker, and Drea Sarno.