17 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Deerpath Building and Theater, part of the Lake Forest Historic District © flickr.com – Teemu008/cc-by-sa-2.0
Lake Forest is a city located in
Lake County, Illinois,
United States. Per the
2020 census, the population was 19,367. The city is along the shore of
Lake Michigan, and is a 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.
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