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Spring 2012 Newsletter
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Welcome to Lake Forest Preservation Foundation
Committed to Preserving the Historic Visual Character of Lake Forest, IL




Support Effort to Preserve the Lake Forest Train Station

We are pleased to announce that an $835,090 Federal grant has been awarded to the City of Lake Forest through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) for the restoration of the historic, Lake Forest Train Station. Read Complete Article

View Photos of Project!

Ongoing construction updates and frequently-asked questions may be viewed at:

The City of Lake Forest Website!

 

 



POSITION PAPER: PROPOSED FOREST PARK MASTER PLAN
Board of the Lake Forest Foundation for Historic Preservation
(.pdf)


The January 2011 issue of Chicago Magazine (a Tribune Company publication), names Gunny Harboe one of six Chicagoans of the year. Harboe is the preservation architect who conducted our $50,000 Historic Structure Report study of the 1900-built Lake Forest train station, 2008-09.  In 2010 this superb, definitive report leveraged $1.2 million in city, Metra, and ITEP (federal) grants, the last one being $835,000.  This sum will pay for nearly all of the first-phase essential exterior construction in what is projected to be ultimately a $3 million project (HVAC, restrooms, interior).  Work begins in the summer of 2011. Now the Foundation seeks to restore its project fund that provided the $50,000 study making possible this twenty-fold return of federal tax dollars to Lake Forest! Read More





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Friday, May 18
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm


1230 N. Green Bay Road, Lake Forest

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Annual Award Presentation 2012

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Award-Winning Homes
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Henry P. Wheeler Remembered by Lake Forest Preservation Foundation



Henry P. Wheeler will be remembered for his leadership as President of the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation from 1986 to 1988, a time of growth and change. He will be recognized also for his enduring dedication to the principles of preservation.

During his term, the Lake Forest Railroad Restoration Project was completed. It received a Hometown Governor's Award for the leadership of the Preservation Foundation. Later, he was instrumental in saving the city gas lights, where he is pictured second from the right with other foundation members

In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution may be made to The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, 400 East
Illinois Road Lake Forest, 60045.

Henry Wheeler is pictured Second from the right just outside his house at Illinois and Mayflower. Others include: left to right, Sarah Wimmer, Shirley Paddock, Judy Harris, Art Miller (in back), Pauline Mohr, Linda Shields, Marcia Bennett (in front), Ted Bennett (E.H. Bennett III), Fred Herlocker, then the late Mr. Wheeler (honorary board member), and Dustin O'Regan.

In memory of Henry P. Wheeler










     

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