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Learn about the founder of Walgreens, a pharmacy chain in the U.S., who was born in 1873 in Illinois and served in the Spanish–American War. He opened his first store in 1901 and expanded to 110 stores by 1927.
Roughly bounded by Western, Westleigh, Lake Michigan, and N city limits, Lake Forest, Illinois Coordinates 42°15′03″N 87°49′40″W / 42.25083°N 87.82778°W / 42.25083; -87
Learn about the former president and chairman of Walgreens, who led the drug store chain to growth and innovation. Find out his biography, legacy and donation to the University of Michigan.
Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, along the shore of Lake Michigan. It was founded in 1857 as a stop for travelers to Chicago and has a rich history of architecture, education, and social clubs.
Walgreens began in 1901, with a small food front store on the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues in Chicago, owned by Dixon, Illinois native Charles R. Walgreen. [7] By 1913, Walgreens had grown to four stores on Chicago's South Side. It opened its fifth in 1915 and four more in 1916. By 1919, there were 20 stores in the chain.
The Mildred and Abel Fagen House is a historic house at 1711 Devonshire Lane in Lake Forest, Illinois.Its address at the time of its construction was 1581 Old Mill Road, but the surrounding acreage was eventually sold to developer Arthur Rubloff, who added a number of new streets to service the many additional homes that were built on the former Fagen property.
The Helen Shedd Reed House, also known as the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, is a historic house at 1315 N. Lake Road in Lake Forest, Illinois.Built in 1931–32, the house was the home of Helen Shedd Reed and her children; it replaced a 19th-century house called Elsinore where Reed and her husband Kersey Coates Reed had lived until the latter's death in 1929.
June 28, 1982 (1500 West Kennedy Road: Lake Forest: 5: Lester Armour House: Lester Armour House: May 3, 1984 (Sheridan Road: Lake Bluff: 6: Philip D. Armour III House