Lake Forest Cemetery | |
Location | 1525 North Lake Road, Lake Forest, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 42°16′04″N 87°49′52″W / 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[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 30, 2001 |
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.