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An ongoing project of the Foundation is exploring the possibility of nominating the Green Bay Road estate area to the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1976 and 1980, two National Register Historic Districts were designated in Lake Forest. Lake
Foresters came to realize that what they took for granted was recognized nationally as a place of
historical and physical distinction.

Four historic Lake Forest properties
received Preservation Awards at the
Foundation’s 1992 Annual Meeting in May.

Four historic Lake Forest buildings were recognized by Preservation Awards at the Preservation Foundation’s 1991 Annual Meeting.

May 12-18, Lake Forest will join other historically and architecturally significant communities in celebration of National Historic Preservation Week. Co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, the week will focus on the theme “Celebrate Your Heritage.”

Changes are being proposed at two National Register-listed properties adjoin-ing Lake Forest and having significant historic associations with the City.

”Eastover,” the home of Lake Forest architect Charles Sumner Frost, has recently been restored to its turn-of-the-century elegance. Its remaining spacious grounds have been landscaped in keeping with Victorian traditions.

The turn-of-the-century, shingle-style manor house was demolished nearly forty years ago. The artfully landscaped 120-acre grounds have long been subdivided.

Since 1976 the Preservation Foundation has endeavored to increase public awareness of the unique historic visual qualities of Lake Forest and to encourage the preservation of the buildings, landscapes, and streetscapes that comprise the historic visual character of the city.

When picturesque amenities, such as Lake Forest’s historic bridges, disappear, community character is lost.