Fort Sheridan, Lieutenants' Quarters, 3711 Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL
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Summary
Significance: An example of officer housing of the early twentieth century constructed from standardized plans issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the United States Army. One of four similar buildings at Fort Sheridan, it was first used as Lieutenants' Quarters. Half of the two family house was the home of General George Patton, Jr., and his wife when Patton was a young lieutenant just out of West Point.
Survey number: HABS IL-1113-29
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80001379
Tags
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Patton, George
Location
fort sheridan, 42.25863, -87.84063
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
