Lake Forest Train Station

Across the street is our train station – designed by Charles Sumner Frost and Alfred Hoyt Granger in 1899. Funds contributed by Lake Forest citizens paid for the new station, which remains true to its original architecture. A major rehabilitation of the station was carried out from 2011 through 2018, with design led by preservation architect Gunny Harboe; the project was a public-private partnership between the City, Metra, and other governmental bodies along with the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation.

Even back in 1899, there were about 20 trains a day making the round trip between Lake Forest and Chicago.

This is the site of Lake Forest’s holiday tree lighting ceremony which is the day after Thanksgiving each year.