Legendary Locals of Lake Forest

Legendary Locals of Lake Forest
Author: Susan L. Kelsey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-11-30
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 143965400X

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Since the 1850s, Lake Forest, located 30 miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan, has been a distinctive suburb. It has been a retreat from the diseases, public accessibility, rougher elements, soot, stockyard smells, and general density of bustling city life. For at least five generations, it has been the retreat for Chicago’s leading New England–descended families, such as the Farwells, Swifts, and Armours. And for over 150 years, Lake Forest has been the home for a community of educators, merchants, artisans, designers, and a wide variety of estate specialists, the latter from pre–Civil War escaped slaves and Scots and Irish immigrants to today’s notable garden and interior artists. Legendary Locals of Lake Forest draws on rare archival images from local and Chicago public and private sources.


Legendary Locals of Lake Forest
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Susan L. Kelsey
Categories: Photography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-30 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Since the 1850s, Lake Forest, located 30 miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan, has been a distinctive suburb. It has been a retreat from the diseases, public
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Pages: 128
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Pages: 128
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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-02 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society
Categories: History
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Language: en
Pages: 129
Authors: Doris Bloodsworth
Categories: History
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