1536 S. Estate Lane

What was once a one-story structure known as the Lasker Estate Milk House was remodeled and converted to a single-family residence in 1946 by owner Chicago architect Jerome Cerny and his wife June Welch Cerny. They added a second floor and shed dormers. A dining room was added to the rear of the building in 1962 by then-owners Allison and Malcolm Walker. The current owners have added a one-and-a-half story addition and rebuilt the 1946 addition, which had been pulling away from the historic structure.

1390 Lake Road

W. Paul McBride, mayor of Lake Forest from 1951-1954, commissioned this home. Its style is Colonial Revival, popular during this time period.

1150 E. Westleigh Road

This property was originally service buildings on Harriet and Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s estate Walden. While little of the original estate remains, these two buildings have been converted from open sheds to a residence. The exterior of the site is now much like it was originally constructed. Additions are a glass and iron canopy forming a covered passageway between the house and the garage, a greenhouse, a screen porch, and updated landscaping.

1050 E. Illinois Road

Both of the architects, Walter Frazier and Howard Raftery, attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts before building this French Country Eclectic home for Clarice and Lawrence Walther Williams.

990 E. Illinois Road

Known for his Gothic Revival structures at Yale University, James Gamble Rogers also designed the Butler Library at Columbia University and some structures at Northwestern University, as well as residences in Lake Forest. This ravine-sited home has been carefully maintained.

745 Barberry Lane

This home was originally built for Augustus A. Carpenter, Jr. The exterior has been completely restored and the interior fully rehabilitated.

721 N. Mayflower Road

Mrs. William Clow was the original owner of this house designed for one person and a servant. Through the years, alterations and additions were made to the house that were not compatible with the original character. Current owners have restored and reconfigured the house to reflect as much of the original design intent as possible.

325 N. Ahwahnee Road

This house was built in 1928 for Edward K. Welles, an investment banker, and his wife Elizabeth Cluett Scott, the Carson, Pirie, Scott department store heiress.

170 N. Mayflower Road

Known as the Charles F. Glore Residence, this is the only Frank Lloyd Wright home in Lake Forest. Commissioned in 1951, the home was completed in 1953 by Wright and exemplifies his "Usonian" design. Materials used in the home are brick, mahogany, concrete block, and glass.

111 Ridge Road

David Adler had already designed a previous home for the original owners, Mr. and Mrs. William Clow, Jr., before building this one, which is considered his only "modern" design. Mention of this house can be found in both David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style and The Country Houses of David Adler.

1435 Lake Road

The informal Dutch and South African style of this coach house, originally built for Richard Bentley, is marked by a unique white and dark green fence along Lake Road. It was adapted to a single-family home circa 1950.

100 E. Old Mill Road

This terrace garden is at Dickinson Hall and seamlessly blends with the 1929 Edwin Hill Clark building. Balusters from the 1928 bridge south of Deerpath on Sheridan Road were repurposed in this garden.

57 Stonegate Road

Rathmore was built for Ambrose Cramer, a principal in Cramer and Burt, manufacturers' agents in copper and mining machinery supplies. Recent work on this house included garage and family room additions, restoration of porches, and reconstruction of the east terrace with original stone.

55 N. Mayflower Road

Harrie T. Lindeberg designed Wyldewood for Clyde M. Carr. Rehabilitation of the key exterior features includes the badly corroded wrought iron entry arch with coach lamp and the supporting brick gate posts and fence.

2009 Preservation Awards