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Y.M.C.A. at Fort Sheridan, Ills.

Y.M.C.A. at Fort Sheridan, Ills.

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Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Co...

Significance: The building was designed by Holabird and Roche as Quartermaster Stables but was utilized for many years as a Veterinary Hospital. It has a distinctive design which is different from the other sta... More

Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, 3612 Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, 3612 Lyster Road, ...

Significance: One of two, similar, two-family houses designed by Holabird and Roche for non-commissioned officers. These houses document early efforts by the army to provide acceptable housing for non-commissio... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Company Kitchens, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Company Kitchens, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

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Fort Sheridan, Bakery, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Bakery, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: Important as both a surviving example of a bakery on a late nineteenth century military post and as a building designed by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche. It makes a notable addition... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County,...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which was designed to serve as a cavalry blacksmith shop and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey... More

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: This building is one of sixteen similar buildings designed as Lieutenants' Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880's. These houses illustrate early efforts by the army to provide housing f... More

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: This building is one of sixteen similar buildings designed as Lieutenants' Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880's. These houses illustrate early efforts by the army to provide housing f... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lak...

Significance: A building which exemplifies the appropriateness of form and fine detail which characterize the basically utilitarian structures designed by Holabird and Roche for Fort Sheridan. Constructed as a ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake C...

Significance: This building is one of thirteen similar brick buildings designed as Captain's Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880s. These houses illustrate early efforts by the Army to provide housin... More

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, L...

Significance: An example of an early 20th century barracks constructed from the standardized plans issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. It was first used as artillery barracks and... More

Fort Sheridan, Bachelor Officers' Quarters & Open Mess, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Bachelor Officers' Quarters & Open Mess, Leonard Wood A...

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Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Ronan & Lyster Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Ronan & Lyster Roa...

Significance: One of three similar two-family houses designed by Holabird and Roche for non-commissioned officers. These houses document early efforts by the army to provide decent housing for non-commissioned ... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Gun Shed, Ronan Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Gun Shed, Ronan Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which is an excellent example of a late 19th century gun shed. The building contributes to the comprehensiveness of the 19th century historic building inventory at Fo... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, La...

Significance: The Infantry Barracks together with the Water Tower (Building No. 49) to which it is connected and a similar building (Building No. 50) which is joined to the opposite side of the Tower form an im... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Cavalry Stable, Thorpe & Chapman Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Cavalry Stable, Thorpe & Chapman Roads, Lake Forest, La...

Significance: One of five cavalry stables designed by Holabird and Roche. Its excellent construction, decorative detailing and good engineering which allowed for proper lighting and ventilation are illustrative... More

Fort Sheridan, Cavalry Stable, Thorpe & Chapman Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Cavalry Stable, Thorpe & Chapman Roads, Lake Forest, La...

Significance: One of five cavalry stables designed by Holabird and Roche. Its excellent construction, decorative detailing and good engineering which allowed for proper lighting and ventilation are illustrative... More

Fort Sheridan, Forage Storehouse, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Forage Storehouse, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake Count...

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Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: This building is one of sixteen similar buildings designed as Lieutenants' Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880's. These houses illustrate early efforts by the army to provide housing f... More

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: This building is one of sixteen similar buildings designed as Lieutenants' Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880's. These houses illustrate early efforts by the army to provide housing f... More

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 165 Scott Loop, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: This building is one of sixteen similar buildings designed as Lieutenants' Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880's. These houses illustrate early efforts by the army to provide housing f... More

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

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Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

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[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

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Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, Mess Hall & Heating Plant, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Mess Hall & Heating Plant, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, ...

Significance: This building was designed by Holabird and Roche to serve as the Mess Hall with a side wing designed to house the central heating plant. It has served as a gymnasium, and in recent years, as the p... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lak...

Significance: A building which exemplifies the appropriateness of form and fine detail which characterize the basically utilitarian structures designed by Holabird and Roche for Fort Sheridan. Constructed as a ... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lak...

Significance: A building which exemplifies the appropriateness of form and fine detail which characterize the basically utilitarian structures designed by Holabird and Roche for Fort Sheridan. Constructed as a ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, La...

Significance: The Infantry Barracks together with the Water Tower (Building No. 49) to which it is connected and a similar building (Building No. 50) which is joined to the opposite side of the Tower form an im... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...

Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More

Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower above general quarters

Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower above general quarters

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Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, L...

Significance: An example of an early 20th century barracks constructed from the standardized plans issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. It was first used as artillery barracks and... More

Fort Sheridan, Pumping Station, Nicholson Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Pumping Station, Nicholson Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

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Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Blacksmith Shop, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County,...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which was designed to serve as a cavalry blacksmith shop and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey... More

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

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Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower over general quarters.

Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower over general quarters.

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Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Sheridan, Mess Hall & Heating Plant, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Mess Hall & Heating Plant, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, ...

Significance: This building was designed by Holabird and Roche to serve as the Mess Hall with a side wing designed to house the central heating plant. It has served as a gymnasium, and in recent years, as the p... More

Fort Sheridan, Dead House, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Dead House, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: A Holabird and Roche building which provides an example of military dead houses or morgues of this period and adds to the comprehensiveness of the 19th century historic building inventory at Fort ... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lak...

Significance: A building which exemplifies the appropriateness of form and fine detail which characterize the basically utilitarian structures designed by Holabird and Roche for Fort Sheridan. Constructed as a ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Co...

Significance: The building was designed by Holabird and Roche as Quartermaster Stables but was utilized for many years as a Veterinary Hospital. It has a distinctive design which is different from the other sta... More

Fort Sheridan, Fire Station, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Fire Station, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Forest, Lake...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...

Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake C...

Significance: This building is one of thirteen similar brick buildings designed as Captain's Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880s. These houses illustrate early efforts by the Army to provide housin... More

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake C...

Significance: This building is one of thirteen similar brick buildings designed as Captain's Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880s. These houses illustrate early efforts by the Army to provide housin... More

Fort Sheridan, Cold Storage House, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Cold Storage House, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

Significance: A cold storage house which adds to the comprehensiveness of the historic building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey number: HABS IL-1113-30 Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction ... More

Fort Sheridan, Ordnance Storehouse, 3588 Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Ordnance Storehouse, 3588 Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche designed building which is an excellent example of an ordinance warehouse on a military post and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building stock at... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

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Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake

Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "535" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04853. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster Stable, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Co...

Significance: The building was designed by Holabird and Roche as Quartermaster Stables but was utilized for many years as a Veterinary Hospital. It has a distinctive design which is different from the other sta... More

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Captains' Quarters, 149 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake C...

Significance: This building is one of thirteen similar brick buildings designed as Captain's Quarters by Holabird and Roche in the late 1880s. These houses illustrate early efforts by the Army to provide housin... More

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Artillery Barracks, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, L...

Significance: An example of an early 20th century barracks constructed from the standardized plans issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. It was first used as artillery barracks and... More

Fort Sheridan, Bachelor Officers' Quarters & Open Mess, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Bachelor Officers' Quarters & Open Mess, Leonard Wood A...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sheridan, Forage Storehouse, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Forage Storehouse, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake Count...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Sheridan, Cold Storage House, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Cold Storage House, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

Significance: A cold storage house which adds to the comprehensiveness of the historic building inventory at Fort Sheridan. Survey number: HABS IL-1113-30 Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction ... More

Fort Sheridan, Ordnance Storehouse, 3588 Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Ordnance Storehouse, 3588 Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lak...

Significance: A Holabird and Roche designed building which is an excellent example of an ordinance warehouse on a military post and which adds to the comprehensiveness of the late 19th century building stock at... More

Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Ronan & Lyster Roads, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, Ronan & Lyster Roa...

Significance: One of three similar two-family houses designed by Holabird and Roche for non-commissioned officers. These houses document early efforts by the army to provide decent housing for non-commissioned ... More

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Guardhouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Significance: The Guardhouse is one of the most architecturally notable of the Holabird and Roche designs at Fort Sheridan. A brick portico dominates the central facade, and rows of narrow arched windows pierce... More

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fort Sheridan, Ill., general quarters, rear view]

[Fort Sheridan, Ill., general quarters, rear view]

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Quartermaster & Commissary Storehouse, Lyster Road, Lak...

Significance: A building which exemplifies the appropriateness of form and fine detail which characterize the basically utilitarian structures designed by Holabird and Roche for Fort Sheridan. Constructed as a ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Commandant's Quarters, 111 Logan Loop, Lake Forest...

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Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...

Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Fort Sheridan, Post Hospital, Bradley Loop, Lake Forest, Lake County, ...

Significance: The hospital, completed in 1893, was one of the original buildings at Fort Sheridan. It was constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of Surgeon General in 1888 and is an excellent ... More

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