Lake Forest Historic District

Historic district in Illinois, United States

United States historic place


Lake Forest Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lake Forest City Hall
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Location	Roughly bounded by Western, Westleigh, Lake Michigan, and N city limits, Lake Forest, Illinois
Coordinates	42°15′03″N 87°49′40″W / 42.25083°N 87.82778°W / 42.25083; -87.82778
Area	1,019 acres (412 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78001161
Added to NRHP	January 26, 1978

The Lake Forest Historic District is a national historic district encompassing much of the original town area of Lake Forest, Illinois. The district is primarily residential, though it also includes three educational institutions and two significant commercial districts. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lake Forest became a popular suburb for the Chicago area's wealthiest residents, and many prominent Chicago businesspeople built their homes in the town. The district's architecture is lavish, reflecting the wealth of its residents, and includes works by Charles Sumner Frost, Dwight H. Perkins, and Howard Van Doren Shaw. The district also includes several buildings on the campus of Lake Forest College, the founding of which spurred the growth of Lake Forest, and Market Square, the country's first planned shopping center.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1978.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
Wagner, Robert (June 4, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Lake Forest Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

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