Lake Forest Library

Built in 1931, the Library was the gift of the daughters of John G Shedd, president of Marshall Field and Company. It houses 128,000 items, and is one of the oldest public libraries in the state, with only 14 chartered earlier.

The 1931 architect was Edwin Hill Clark and the 1978 additions were designed by Brenner Danforth Rockwell, Chicago architects. George Danforth was an early student and associate in Chicago of Mies van der Rohe, late 1930's and early 1940's, who then taught at IIT.

www.lakeforestlibrary.org