The beginnings of the Chamberlin Arlington Heights History Museum were a little shaky, admits Brent Hyder, who heads up the history center and the foundation that supports it.
Not that the history or the museum itself was shaky, but the structure — a 1908-built Colonial Revival-style bungalow — was being relocated from Byers Avenue to 5129 Donnelly Ave. The home-moving process was not something for the faint of heart, Hyder said.
“We almost lost it one time,” he said, shuddering at the memory. “It was close.”…