Lake Forest Preservation Foundation

Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

Committed
to Preserving
the Historic
Visual Character
of Lake Forest, IL

Board Members

History

Successes

Proud of Our Successes

Restoration of the Deerpath Hill Estates Gates

A focal point on the Deerpath gateway to Lake Forest, the stone gates were in desperate need of rehabilitation. The Foundation led the rehabilitation in partnership with the City and residents. The gates are on the National Register of Historic Places. Deerpath Hill Estates was developed in 1926 by Henry Turnbull. Local architect Stanley D. Anderson designed many of the homes and is thought to have designed the Lannon stone entrance.

Congratulations to the Redfields

LFPF Board Member Bill and Lyn Redfield are honored with the 2012 Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Foundation Award for Stewardship
of the House of the Four Winds

The Redfields are being recognized as outstanding stewards of the House of the Four Winds, designed in 1909 by Howard Van Doren Shaw with gardens designed by Rose Standish Nichols. Their home and gardens are being celebrated as an example of excellence in Illinois preservation at Landmarks Illinois' annual Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Awards ceremony on October 27th at the InterContinental Chicago. Landmarks Illinois honors demonstrated commitment to historic preservation that inspires others to take action to preserve protect and promote historic resources.

Support Effort to Preserve the Lake Forest Train Station

We are pleased to announce that an $835,090 Federal grant has been awarded to the City of Lake Forest through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) for the restoration of the historic, Lake Forest Train Station. Read Complete Article

View Photos of Project!

Ongoing construction updates and frequently-asked questions may be viewed at:

The City of Lake Forest Website!

	2006 Thanks to the generosity of Lake Bluff resident, John Bryan, a 165-year-old log cabin formerly located on Mills Court in Lake Forest will be preserved, and future generations will be able to enjoy what is perhaps the oldest surviving Lake Forest home. The cabin was moved to a wooded grove near Lake Michigan on Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff.

2005 In cooperation with the Historical Society, $2,500 for theElawa Farm Barn historical display [1401 West Middlefork Drive $10,000 grant to Lake Forest College to help fund a campus-wide preservation planning document

	2004 $15,000 grant to the City to help relight the 438 historic gas lights

Repaired and reinstalled a 1921 Knights of Pythias World War I memorial gate and plaque around an old elm tree [northeast corner of Deerpath and Green Bay Road]

Foundation and the City co-sponsored a two-day seminar, "Sense and Cents-abilities" with key-note speaker Donovan Rypkema"

	$40,000 grant to Ragdale Foundation for emergency repairs to the foundation of the Howard Van Doren Shaw barnhouse [1260 North Green Bay Road]

$25,000 grant to the Elawa Farm Foundation for regrading work and architectural review [1401 West Middlefork Drive]

	2003 $10,000 grant to Ragdale Foundation for its restoration campaign [1260 North Green Bay Road]

$1,000 grant to Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois toward their purchase of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House in Plano, IL

	2000 $25,000 grant to the City for the exterior restoration of Dickinson Hall, designed by Edwin Hill Clark in 1929 [Grove School Campus, 100 East Old Mill Road]

$1,000 grant to the First Baptist Church for exterior repair in honor of their 100th anniversary [673 Oakwood Avenue]

Foundation and the City co-sponsored the 20th Annual Statewide Preservation Conference hosted by Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois

	$10,000 to the City for the Elawa Farms campaign [1401 West Middlefork Drive]

1998 - 1999 $10,000 grant to Market Square 2000, some of which was used to restore the fountain's foundation

	1998 - 2001 $10,750 grant to Gorton Community Center for the restoration of the original canopied west entrance and lantern [400 East Illinois]

1997 - 1998 $1,700 grant for the construction and mounting of the map case in the lobby of City Hall [Lobby, City Hall, 220 East Deerpath]

	1996 - 1998 Raised over $125,000 to restore the Walden-Bluff's Edge Bridge [end of Walden Lane]

1994 - 1995 $4,700 for the restoration and mounting of the Bennett Memorial Bell at the downtown train station. The bell was a gift of Kay Bennett, the widow of Edward H. Bennett, Jr., who was one of the Foundation's founders and first president [691 North Western Avenue]

1994 Second printing of A Preservation Foundation Guide to National Register Properties \| Lake Forest, Illinois

1994 - 1998 $1,250 grant to the Illinois towns of Eldred and Hillview following devastating 1993 floods

1993 - 2001 Foundation voted to help fund a comprehensive list of all significant houses within the City's Historic District

	1993 $3,000 grant to Lake Forest College for conservation of a rare 1906 general plan for Lake Forest University [Basement, Donnelley and Lee Library, 555 North Sheridan]

1991 First printing of A Preservation Foundation Guide to National Register Properties \| Lake Forest, Illinois

	1990 - 1995 Foundation support, including $34,000 and many volunteer hours, for the Green Bay Road National Register District [yellow]

1990 $500 grant to support the preservation of the historic resources of Fort Sheridan

	1985 $500 grant to the First Baptist Church for exterior renovation [673 Oakwood Avenue]

1980 Foundation support for the Vine-Oakwood-Green Bay Road National Register District [blue]

	1978 - 1986 Raised $400,000 to renovate the downtown railroad station [691 North Western Avenue]

1976 Foundation support for the Lake Forest National Register District [pink]

1976 Preservation Conference sponsored jointly with the Lake Forest Garden Club, the Historical Society, Open Lands and Nature Conservancy

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400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, Illinois, 60045 • Phone: 847-234-1230 • Fax: 847-234-9250 • Email
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