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This program is a joint collaboration between the History Center and Lake Forest Preservation Foundation. Lake Forest, Illinois, is a community known for remarkable architecture. Within this city’s 16 square miles are hundreds of significant properties, many designed by architects and landscape designers famous in the Chicago area and internationally as well. Join us on Thursday, February 23 for a presentation on the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation’s new publication Architectural Lake Forest: A Guide to National Register Historic Districts and Properties in Lake Forest, Illinois with author Arthur H. Miller. With this new book, Lake Forest Preservation Foundation seeks to continue the effort to protect and pay forward the historic visual architecture and landscaped character of these unique neighborhoods for future generations. Copies of Architectural Lake Forest will be available for purchase at the evening event for $25.00 per copy. Arthur H. Miller is emeritus Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, Lake Forest College. He is co-author, co-editor and author of many books and articles on Lake Forest history, architecture, and landscape architecture. As two-time President of the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, Art currently serves as an honorary director. Special thanks to Baker-McNicholas Real Estate Group for sponsoring this program. For more information on Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, visit the main website HERE.