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Welcome to the Website of
The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society |
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The Lake Forest-Lake
Bluff Historical Society is located at 361 East Westminster in
downtown Lake Forest, Illinois. We are one block east of the Lake
Forest Metra train station and the Market Square shopping district.
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
If you have a research question or would like to donate an item
to the collection, please contact us at 847-234-5253.
Nature By Design: A Tour of Four Historic Gardens
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Experience the past and present beauty of four noteworthy local gardens on Saturday, June 26 on the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society’s garden tour. The tour is presented in conjunction with the Historical Society’s exhibit Nature By Design.
The tour highlights four gardens that still contain remnants of their original design, or have been thoughtfully restored: Covin Tree (the former Walter and Katherine Brewster estate), Fairlawn (the former Farwell-McGann estate), House of the Four Winds (the former Hugh and Mary McBirney estate), and Villa Turicum (the former Harold and Edith R. McCormick estate. |
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Participants in the tour will have a unique opportunity to compare the gardens’ current splendor with renderings created over 75 years ago by budding professionals. The exhibit Nature By Design features over thirty original sketches and watercolors of Lake Forest sites drawn by students of architecture and landscape architecture in the 1920s and 1930s. Among these drawings are the four gardens included in the tour.
The self-guided tour is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and begins at the Historical Society, where participants will pick up their tour booklet. Tickets are $30 in advance ($35 at the door) and available on the web here or by calling the Historical Society. |
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