Industrial Site Tour -Horween Leather Company
5/13/2026
1:30 PM CST


Location: Horween Leather Company, 2015 North Elston Avenue, Chicago





Event Description

 
Horween Leather Company 
Horween Leather Company, founded in 1905, is a Chicago-based tannery now in its fifth generation of family ownership. For more than 120 years, Horween has built its reputation on what it describes as "traditional, old world tannages and techniques, carefully updated with modern applications." The company's stated goal is "to make the world's best leather" - an aim it pursues using "formulas that do not cut corners" and components chosen "strictly for their quality." Today, Horween's leathers are still made by hand at its Chicago facility, much the way they were generations ago.

 
      


 

IWWSG’s Steering Committee and members thank Horween Leather Company for hosting this tour!!  

The tour starts promptly at 1:30 PM -- see you there!
Please wear closed-toe shoes, bring safety goggles if you have them.
 

Please join us for dinner and IWWSG 2026-2027 Steering Committee Elections after the Tour (even if you cannot make the tour).

Dinner is pay on your own but please register so we have a count for the reservation.


Goose Island Salt Shed Pub
1221 W Blackhawk St. Chicago
www.gooseisland.com/saltshedpub
4 PM, Pay on your own
 
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