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Between Harlem Ave. and Des Plaines River with 2 extensions N of Chicago Ave. and 2 extensions S of Lake St., River Forest, Illinois Coordinates 41°53′31″N 87°49′09″W / 41.89194°N 87.81917°W / 41.89194; -87
Roughly bounded by Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, South Spring and Grove Streets, East Hillside and West Coolidge, and Dundee Avenues 42°09′02″N 88°08′13″W / 42.150556°N 88.136944°W / 42.150556; -88.136944 ( Barrington Historic
Along with the Des Plaines River, much of the western boundary of River Forest consists of the Thatcher Woods forest preserve of Cook County and the Des Plaines River Trail. According to the 2010 census, River Forest has a total area of 2.482 square miles (6.43 km 2 ), of which 2.48 square miles (6.42 km 2 ) (or 99.92%) is land and 0.002 square ...
The Chauncey L. Williams House, in River Forest, Illinois is a residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was built in 1895 of Roman brick and plaster. It was one of Wright's earliest Chicago commissions. The house reflects the influence of Japanese design on Wright, who was a collector of Japanese prints.
The Winslow House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house located at 515 Auvergne Place in River Forest, Illinois. A landmark building in Wright's career, the Winslow House, built in 1894–95, was his first major commission as an independent architect.
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The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a National Historic Site commemorating the importance of the Chicago Portage [2] in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in Chicago Portage Forest Preserve and the Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve, at the junction of Portage Creek with the Des Plaines River , on the west side ...
The Walter Gerts House in River Forest, Illinois, the United States, was originally designed in 1905 by Charles E. White, who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at his Oak Park studio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] White went on to pursue a successful career as both an architect and writer about related matters, and designed several important buildings in Oak Park ...