Newsletter
2016 Summer Newsletter
The meticulous renovation of the Deer Path Inn took twelve months to complete and was unveiled last December.
July 8, 2016
The meticulous renovation of the Deer Path Inn took twelve months to complete and was unveiled last December.
From the time of the very first hospital established in Lake Forest in 1899 to the current and expanding Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, the community of Lake Forest has been responsible for bringing superior health care to the area.
In the half year since I came on board as the Preservation Foundation’s President, the organization has been busy working on many fronts to assure planning continuity and historic preservation in our community.
The LFPF mission “to protect the historic visual character” of the City is clear enough. This purpose
is built on historic principles of classic harmony that go back to the 1857 plan for east Lake Forest.
Thanks to the support of our members, other community supporters, and community organizations, 2014 was an outstanding year for the Preservation Foundation.
The Foundation’s September 27
Home and Garden Tour provided
over 170 guests with a private look
at the distinctive and charming
Ridge Lane neighborhood.
Barbara and Barry Carroll weren’t looking for a home when they headed out that fateful day, but sometimes a home just has a way of finding you.
Cheryl and Bill Killam knew almost
immediately when they found the
historic house they could call home,
a 1930 Colonial Revival that stands
prominently at the southwest corner
of Castlegate Court and Burton Drive, marking the northern most entrance to the Deerpath Hill Estates District.
The Foundation’s October 5 Home and Garden Tour provided a private look at some of the most architecturally significant Georgian homes in Lake Forest and their gardens.
Barbara and Raymond Buck are the
perfectly matched owners for this wonderfully preserved David Adler home built in 1913 as the first product of the Adler-Dangler partnership.