H ouse and Garden 
of land, the country 
slopes gently to the 
valley of the Skokie, a 
small stream forming 
the north branch of the 
Chicago River. 
Terms for the pur¬ 
chase of two hundred 
acres of land were soon 
arranged, the Cobb 
homestead was turned 
into a simple club¬ 
house, and the On- 
wen tsia Club was 
formed. This associa¬ 
tion has steadily grown in popularity and pros¬ 
perity, and now, in addition to owning the finest 
golf grounds in the Middle West, it offers its 
members polo, tennis, croquet, and other out¬ 
door games; it supports a trained pack of 
hounds for drag hunting, and possesses bowl¬ 
ing alleys and a fine squash court for indoor 
amusement. 
With the growth of the Club, many beautiful 
houses began to be built along the Green Bay 
Road, and even on the lower ridge, beyond the 
Skokie, about a mile further westward. At the 
same time the original village, between the rail¬ 
way and Lake Michigan, was steadily improved. 
The later houses, those built within the last ten 
years, have been for permanent occupancy, and 
each year the winter population increases. 
With the growth of a regular resident pop¬ 
ulation a community feeling was aroused, and 
about ten years ago the 
village began to sys¬ 
tematically improve its 
roads, sidewalks and 
parkways. Lake For¬ 
est had before this been 
incorporated as a city 
under the laws of the 
State of Illinois, which 
proceeding enabled the 
citizens to elect their 
own mayor and coun¬ 
cil, and manage their 
own affairs. 
Mr. Hotchkiss’s 
original plan provided 
streets of unusually 
great width, with nar¬ 
row parkways on either 
THE RESIDENCE OF FRANK V. S. HTBBERD, ESO. Designed by George L. Harvey 
WATER TOWER-MR. DICK S ESTATE 
Designed by yas. Gamble Rogers 
A R D L E T G H, 
THE RESIDENCE OF J. V. FARWELL, JR., ES(y. 
Designed by Arthur Heun 
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