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It is with great pleasure the Foundation welcomes Jennifer M. McGregor as LFPF’s new Executive Director. 

The almost 16,000 sq ft house in 2024 was a replacement for an 1880 large wood frame cottage for Lucy Sturges and Ebenezer Buckingham.

The reflections from Lake Forest residents highlight the significance of historical architecture and community spaces, particularly Market Square and the “Friends” statue.

Lake Forest Library’s distinctive dome roof element was rehabilitated in 2023, after several years of being covered by a series of temporary tarps.

The Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 2024, and included a presentation of this year’s Historic Preservation Award winners.

Both Gorton Center and the Preservation Foundation are products of the national Bicentennial era re-appreciation of community conservation heritage.

It’s no mistake that people feel that specialness in Lake Forest. The historic tree canopy, ancient land formations, human-scale business district buildings, planned roads and an open forest park beach.

From the beginning, Lake Forest attracted and retained many of the nation’s foremost urban planners, architects, and landscape and garden designers.

As the City of Lake Forest embarks on plans to improve its Central Business District, or downtown, the town’s remarkable heritage of planning for development provides a valuable historic context.