Lake Forest Library

About

Lake Forest Library is the cornerstone of literacy in our community where everyone is respected and free to pursue a lifelong love for reading and learning. We are a public library located 30 miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan. The Library was chartered on July 4, 1898 by Mayor Gorton and opened on the second floor of city hall in 1899. The Library moved to its current location in 1931. Stop by to see our beautiful historic building, which was designed by architect Edwin H. Clark (who also designed Brookfield Zoo and the Winnetka Village Hall). It was built as a Library and given as a gift to the City of Lake Forest by Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe and Mrs. Stanley Keith in memory of Mrs. Keith's first husband, Kersey Coates Reed.

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