Lake Forest Cemetery
Lake Forest Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. The site was first identified for burial in 1857 when the town of Lake Forest was planned. Later, William Le Baron Jenney designed a winding road system and Ossian Cole Simonds developed the landscape scheme.
Lake Forest Cemetery | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Barrell Memorial Gate at the entrance of Lake Forest Cemetery on Lake Avenue | |
| Location | 1525 N. Lake Rd., Lake Forest, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 42.2677°N 87.8312°W |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Built | 1857 |
| Architect | Ossian Cole Simonds, Almerin Hotchkiss, William Le Baron Jenney |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000597 |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 2001 |
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