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Response to June 14, 2023 Plan Commission Meeting
See the LFPF’s response to the City’s Draft Update of the Comprehensive Plan.

LFHS Essay Award Winners Spring 2023
Mary Bernadette Petty advocates for the preservation of historical architecture, specifically the estate “Stonebridge,” emphasizing its cultural significance and beauty.

Thoughts About Lake Forest’s CBD
This paper will offer questions about the CBD Study Area, show examples of aesthetics that other cities possess that could relate to those in Lake Forest, explain features of a traditional city, and question why the consultant used the examples that do not relate to Lake Forest.

570 N. Sheridan Road Annual Meeting Host 2023
Chicago lumber merchant Devillo R. Holt, a prominent Presbyterian, and married to a relation of Chicago founder Gurdon S. Hubbard, Ellen Hubbard Holt who arrived in Chicago in 1836, had this house built in 1860.

Oakwood Behind Deerpath
In 1979, domino rezoning in the Vine-Oakwood Historic District razed an important small historic house, repeated recently at 334 E. Westminster with the Quinlan coach house.

2023 Spring Newsletter
The Preservation Foundation honors special places in Lake Forest which have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in the preservation of Lake Forest’s architectural heritage and historic character.

Arthur Miller: Architectural Lake Forest
The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, in partnership with the History Center of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff, presented Arthur Miller: Architectural Lake Forest—a program exploring

The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation’s submission regarding the modified plans for Phase 3 of the McKinley Rd. development
The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation opposes the modified plans for Phase 3 of the McKinley Rd. Development, citing non-compliance with historic preservation standards.

To Preserve and Protect
To Preserve and Protect, Historian Arthur Miller and Lake Forest Preservation Foundation teaming up to publish Architectural Lake Forest as featured in the 11/6/22 Northshore Weekend.

Review of the 11/5/2022 Plan Commission Petition
After a yearlong lawsuit over Phase 3 of the McKinley Road development, the City of Lake Forest approved a conditional settlement allowing a single-family home on Westminster with a larger condominium behind it.

2022 Fall Newsletter
Advocacy is defined as “public support for a recommendation of a particular cause or policy.” Lake Forest Preservation Foundation promotes the historic preservation of Lake Forest’s unique visual character and fulfills this mission through education, funding, and advocacy.

2022 Summer Newsletter
The Lake Forest Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously in their May meeting to authorize the submission of an application to the Historic Preservation Commission for a Certificate of Appropriateness for dome restoration.