Sheridan Reserve Center

Fort Sheridan Historic District
Fort Sheridan water tower and barracks complex
Sheridan Reserve Center is located in Illinois
Sheridan Reserve Center
Sheridan Reserve Center is located in the United States
Sheridan Reserve Center
LocationFort Sheridan, Illinois
Coordinates42°12′45″N 87°48′38″W / 42.21250°N 87.81056°W / 42.21250; -87.81056
Built1889
ArchitectHolabird & Roche; Office of the Quartermaster General
NRHP reference No.80001379
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1980[1]
Designated NHLApril 20, 1984[2]

The Philip H. Sheridan Reserve Center is the former Fort Sheridan now in Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park[3] in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as a United States Army Post named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan,[4] to honor his services to Chicago. When the main fort was officially closed by the Army on May 3, 1993,[5] the majority of the property was sold by the Department of Defense to commercial land developers. Most of the original housing structures were then refurbished and resold as a residential community. Other buildings were given to cultural organizations like Midwest Young Artists, the largest youth music program in the Midwest. Approximately 90 acres (36 ha) of the southern end of the original post were retained by the Army; there the Army now operates the Sheridan Reserve Center complex.

In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Fort Sheridan was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places[6] by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Fort Sheridan Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
  3. ^ "Home". fortsheridan.com.
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 129.
  5. ^ The Town of Fort Sheridan, IL - About Fort Sheridan
  6. ^ Waldinger, Mike (January 30, 2018). "The proud history of architecture in Illinois". Springfield Business Journal. Retrieved January 30, 2018.