Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,367 at the 2020 census. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices.
Midwest
Lake Forest
Lake County, IL
Population
19,436
Walk Score
77 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,948
Median home value
$894,400
Founded
1857
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Deerpath Hill Estates Historic District · listed 2006
- Green Bay Road Historic District · listed 1995
- Judah, Noble, Estate · listed 1990
- Lake Forest Cemetery · listed 2001
- Lake Forest Historic District · listed 1978
- Vine-Oakwood-Green Bay Road Historic District · listed 1980
- West Park Neighborhood Historic District · listed 2012
Notable landmarks
- Armour, J. Ogden, House · listed 1982
- Bennett, Edward H., House and Studio · listed 1995
- Deerpath Inn · listed 1992
- Deerpath Square-Deerpath Hill Estates
- Fagen, Mildred and Abel, House · listed 2021
- Hibbard, Frank, Estate House-Deerpath Hill Estates · listed 2006
- House at 380 Chiltern Drive-Deerpath Hill Estates · listed 2006
- House at 965 Castlegate Court-Deerpath Hill Estates · listed 2006
- Lamont, Robert P., House · listed 1993
- Leonard, Clifford Milton, Farm · listed 2000
- Morse, Robert Hosmer, House · listed 2000
- Ragdale · listed 1976
- Reed, Mrs. Kersey Coates, House · listed 2001
- Swift, Louis F., House · listed 2005
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