*Built in 1881 for Dr. William LeRoy
  who made artificial limbs for Civil
  War soldiers

*In 1900, the Gray family bought the 
   house

*Harold Gray was the creator of comic
   strip " Little Orphan Annie" 

 *House used as model for mansion 
  in comic strip

*Dollhouse at Plum Library is 
  model of this famous house 
 
 

  Born:   January 20, 1894

  Died:   May, 1968

Do you know  where the "Little Orphan Annie" house is in Lombard? Many people know where the house is, but not the history of the house.  The Annie house was built in 1881 for Dr. William LeRoy.  He was a  doctor who made artificial arms and legs for Civil War soldiers.   Dr. LeRoy lived in the house until 1900. 

After that, the house belonged to the Gray family.  Harold Gray was a cartoonist.  In 1924 Mr. Gray created the "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip for the Chicago Tribune.  He used the house as a model for the mansion in his comic strip.  That's how the "Annie House" got its name.