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The Louis F. Swift House is a historic house at 255 E. Foster Place in Lake Forest, Illinois.The house was built in 1916 for Louis F. Swift, the president of meat packing firm Swift & Company; it was originally an addition to a home built for Swift in 1898, which was demolished in 1940.
Family Promise (formerly National Interfaith Hospitality Network) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, founded by Karen Olson in 1988. Family Promise [1] primarily serves families with children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the mission of "help[ing] homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based ...
Eastern Lake Forest gradually became known as a retreat for the wealthy citizens of Chicago, who built estates on the curving, tree-lined streets. The Vine–Oakwood–Green Bay Road region, however, was reserved for individuals of more moderate socio-economic statues until at least the 1890s.
Nov. 4—As Family Promise of the Palouse celebrates its 10-year anniversary this week, the nonprofit is embarking on a plan to provide transitional housing for families in Moscow and Pullman. "It ...
The Helen Shedd Reed House, also known as the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, is a historic house at 1315 N. Lake Road in Lake Forest, Illinois.Built in 1931–32, the house was the home of Helen Shedd Reed and her children; it replaced a 19th-century house called Elsinore where Reed and her husband Kersey Coates Reed had lived until the latter's death in 1929.
Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,367. [3] The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore.
The Ryerson family built a winter home in Palm Desert, California. By the 1950s, the Ryersons began to vacation there instead of in the cabin retreat. Ryerson donated 85 acres (34 ha) north of Aptakisic Road to the newly established Lake County Forest Preserve District in 1966. The total Ryerson donations eventually totaled 257 acres (104 ha).
The Mildred and Abel Fagen House is a historic house at 1711 Devonshire Lane in Lake Forest, Illinois.Its address at the time of its construction was 1581 Old Mill Road, but the surrounding acreage was eventually sold to developer Arthur Rubloff, who added a number of new streets to service the many additional homes that were built on the former Fagen property.