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1928 Map of Highland Park

Name: 1928 Topographic Map of Highland Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

Fort Sheridan stands prominently along the Lake Michigan shoreline, marking a significant military presence amidst the burgeoning North Shore suburbs in the late 1920s. This survey, compiled in part from early Army Air Corps aerial photography, reveals a landscape defined by an extraordinary concentration of private social and athletic grounds, including the Onwentsia Club, Old Elm Golf Club, and the Skokie Country Club. These sprawling estates and clubs are interspersed with established academic institutions like Lake Forest College and Sacred Heart Seminary.

Transportation networks such as the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroads facilitate the northward expansion of the City of Highland Park and Lake Forest. Inland, the Skokie River and the North Branch Chicago River meander through the townships of Deerfield and Northfield, where smaller settlements like Highmoor and Blodgett exist alongside local industry, such as the Brickyard near the county line.