Learn about the history of Market Square! Get a unique guided tour of Howard Van Doren Shaw's blueprint for America's first outdoor mall with Laurie Stein, History Center curator, this Saturday (6/5) at 10am. Register here: bit.ly/3plDinq

Exhibit opening tomorrow night! Stop by the History Center for our first event at the museum in over a year. View our new exhibit: Map Stories: The Hidden History in the Maps of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff. Register here: bit.ly/3vcowQY

Lolita Armour married John J. Mitchell Jr. on June 18 at Mellody Farm, with the ceremony taking place in the hall at an "improvised altar" and the reception on the grounds. #100YearsAgo

Free Zoom program on Thursday, 6/24 at 7pm: Planning and Envisioning the Land with Art Miller. Learn more and sign up here: bit.ly/3qixr2C

Discover Lake Forest's bike paths and the history behind them. Join Lisa and Rich as they explain the history of the Chicago Interurban Railway by bicycle. Learn more here: bit.ly/3qu3cpH

George A. McKinlock Sr. and Marion McKinlock pledged $250,000 to Northwestern University for a campus in downtown Chicago for the university’s professional schools. #100YearsAgo

Edward F. and Mabel Underwood Carry hosted a benefit barn dance and country fair at their Green Bay Road estate to raise funds for Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie). #100YearsAgo

The Onwentsia polo team dropped their first league match of the season to St. Louis, 9-6, despite 5 goals from Onwentsia captain Bud Rader. #100YearsAgo

The Chicago Tribune’s “Farm and Garden” section included an article highlighting how the “Motor Truck Helps Solve the Farmer’s Hauling Problems.” #100YearsAgo

The Chicago Tribune Society pages noted the contrast between country house entertaining before and after World War I, observing that “large house parties...are becoming almost extinct.". #100YearsAgo

Our first in-person program since February 2020! Hear about the history of the Mackinac race. Free for members, $10 for non-members. Register here: bit.ly/2Uq7anh

We're excited to introduce "Community Candids" a new social media campaign that celebrates community! Today we're saluting the Sheridan Sharks as they head back to school. Lake Forest School District 67

We're thrilled to honor Susan Garrett as our 12th Local Legend! On October 7 at 7pm Susan will share stories about life in politics in an interview with award-winning journalist Carol Marin. Tix here: bit.ly/3DyUEUq

Shout out to the students, staff and faculty Lake Forest Academy. We wish you a wonderful start to the new school year. Enjoy this flashback to 1972 with students and parents cruising the walkway in front of Reid Hall. molly LFAFH

Back to school after the long weekend. Hope it's off to a good start:) From our Collection: Photo of a Halsey School classroom taken sometime between 1940-1950.. Lake Forest School District 67

Happy Monday to everyone LakeForest sd67 Everett School! We got a kick out of this photo from September 1962 with Miss Carol Craig taking her students for a spin around the globe!

It was lovely to host the Rotary Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff meeting today! Thank you to History Center Board Member and Rotarian Fred Jackson for making the arrangements.

We're proud of our ED Carol Summerfield EngineOn who is @agendaparis in Lausanne, Switzerland! Carol is one of 150 professional leaders sharing their expertise on how cultural organizations can best serve their cities.

Beautiful fall weekends are upon us. Journey around town on a self-guided tour thanks to lflbhistory The History Center and appreciate some special trees that have been around and seen it all! 🌳 lflbhistory.org/witness-tree-t… lflbhistory.org/witness-tree-t…

Fall weekends were made for walking! Stick to the straight and narrow and explore houses along Lake Road, with a self-guided tour from The History Center lflbhistory lflbhistory.org/sites/default/…