2008 Award Winners
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621 East College Road – Rehabilitation Built in 1902 for Mr. Cornelius Trowbridge, a silver company merchant, and designed by noted architects Frost and Granger, both graduates of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876 and 1887 respectively. Their work is significant to the history and development of Lake Forest as well as Chicago, with projects including the design of Navy Pier. The wood shingle Colonial Revival home has been meticulously preserved by the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. George Hender, who have recently restored the front entry. The architects were Paul Janicki Architects.

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565 East Deerpath – Rehabilitation

Built in 1909 by the architectural firm of Pond and Pond, the Thalfried estate was designed for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was among the first sixteen graduates of Lake Forest College and had a key role in the law firm that eventually became know as Sidley and Austin, a Chicago-based firm founded in 1866. Situated on 2 ½ acres of land across a private wooden bridge, Thalfried (German for “peaceful valley”) was influenced by the English Arts & Crafts style. The diamond muntin patterns in the windows and porch balustradings are found in other buildings by Pond & Pond as well. Formal gardens, lush landscape, and a deep ravine surround the rectilinear design. The current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tripodi, rehabilitated the home in keeping with the original character and design. The architects were Melichar Architects and the builder Demari Homes.

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250 North Western Avenue – Rehabilitation

This 3500 sf historic residence was completed in 1935 by David Adler for the J. Ogden Armour estate as one of the gate houses and the five car adjacent garage. Evidence of Adler’s touch on the design is seen throughout the building details and forms. The current owner, Mr. Howard Alport, has restored the original butler’s cottage and converted the garage into a dining room, family room, and master suite. An octagonal addition links the garage with the cottage, with exterior trim profiles and Ludivichi terra cotta roofing matched to the original. The project was completed by architect Garret Eakin.670 Rosemary Road – Rehabilitation Six previous alterations to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnsen’s home were repaired and untangled on this clapboard and painted brick post-WWII Cape Cod built in 1948. Aluminum siding was replaced with clapboard, aluminum gutters and downspouts with copper, and asphalt shingles were replaced with cedar. Greek Revival detail was added to the front façade, and natural stone and clay brick patios were added in place of the previous wood deck. Architecture was completed by Steven Rugo of Rugo/ Raff Architects Ltd.

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350 Circle Lane – Rehabilitation, Adaptive Re-use

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Evoniuk rehabilitated the remains of one of four ravine-spanning bridges on the grounds of the Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. estate, Walden. Three of the bridges are currently extant, two on Walden Lane and the largest being the Walden~Bluff’s Edge Bridge, saved from demolition and restored with funds raised by the Preservation Foundation in 1998. Although this fourth bridge was deteriorated and razed in the 1950’s, the limestone abutments and bridge approach remained, hidden beneath decades of overgrowth in the Evoniuk’s yard. Working with WJE, the engineering firm responsible for rehabilitating the other three bridges, and Lester’s Material Services, 30 to 50 tons of limestone were removed and reassembled to return the structure to it’s original condition as closely as possible. The former bridge approach is now an enchanting paver patio on the edge of the ravine, terminated by a row of concrete balusters identical to those which currently line both sides of the restored Walden Lane bridges.

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1358 Edgewood Road – Infill

This new home was built in the Edgewood Road neighborhood by Mr. and Mrs. Grant Farrell and designed to fit in beautifully with it’s neighbors. It has the appearance of a rehabilitated 100 year old home, and few would think otherwise. The architect, Streightiff and Associates, added details appropriate for the appearance of a vintage home, including clapboard siding, painted lattice beneath the porch, and an open balustered porch railing.

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614 East Spruce Avenue – Preservation

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bernardin was designed in the style of an English cottage. Argyllshire was built in 1895 for Cyrus McCormick III, grandson of Cyrus Hall McCormick (inventor of the reaper), one of several McCormicks to settle in Lake Forest. The walls are half-timbered, and the wood shingles have been applied to the roof so as to resemble thatching. The entrance faces west, and is marked by a gable and small projecting porch. During WWII, this house was used as a residence for WAVES. It is a beautifully preserved example of one of the classic estates in Lake Forest.

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2 North Ahwahnee Road – Preservation

Originally part of the 1500 acre estate of Louis F. Swift, 9 ½ acres were sold in 1912 to Harold J. Bryant, a member of the new Onwentsia Club. In 1913, he married Elizabeth Parker, sister of A. Watson Armour’s wife. In 1914, the Bryants retained Schmidt, Garden and Martin to design and build this Prairie style residence. They lived there until 1924, after which a prominent Chicago attorney lived there through the mid 1950’s. In 2004, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sorensen purchased the property and have made every effort to return it to the original design of its era, including retention of the original gardens and complimentary landscape additions.

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1450 West Old Mill Road – Preservation

The Frank Ponterio home is one of twenty-six outbuildings, used as a staff cottage on the 480 acre Alber Lasker Estate built in the 1920’s. All were the work of the local (but internationally-recognized) master architect of the late Country Place Era, David Adler. The estate was bounded originally by Everett Road on the north, Telegraph Road on the east, Old Mill Road on the south, and extended to about 200 feet west of the Tollway. The original structure is very well preserved and the award is being given to recognize this fine preservation.

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621 East Ryan Place – Preservation

Built in the 1910’s as a wedding gift for Ellen Crane, sister to Ed Boobyer Jr. who grew up and lived next door at 89 N. Washington Road until his passing at age 97 circa 1997. Ed Boobyer Sr. worked as chauffeur and gardener for Edward L. Ryerson at “Havenwood”, a few blocks east. He contracted builder Martin Jensen to build the one storey house in the back yard of his own home on Washington Road. The well preserved residence is a unique example of a home built for families who maintained the large estates in Lake Forest and were able to construct smaller homes of their own. Kimberly Tunney, the present owner, purchased the home in 1988 and has preserved it in keeping with its pre-WWI cottage-like appearance through landscaping and exterior projects.

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Lake Forest Log Cabin, Crab Tree Farm – Preservation

Dating from the mid 19th Century, the log house may have served as an early school or church. From around 1910 on, the cabin was located at 297 Mills Court, hidden beneath clapboard siding, perhaps two coverings from the 1850’s and the 1910’s. Multiple reports, including that of Foundation member Shirley M. Paddock who knew the long-time owner who had moved it to Mills Court, placed its origins west of the railroad tracks. Rescued from demolition, the cabin has been restored by noted preservationist and owner of Crab Tree Farm John Bryan and his team of conservationists. It is located in a section of Crab Tree Farm that is amazingly rural in character and noted for being the last lakefront working farm in Illinois.