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Sacred Heart Chapel – Barat College
700 E. Westleigh Rd.,
Lake Forest (George Hellmuth,
1922-1925)
Described by many as “the
heart” of the Barat College campus, the Sacred Heart Chapel is in imminent
threat of demolition under a developer’s current plan to convert the former
college campus into an upscale housing development. The chapel was built as
a wing to Barat’s “Old Main” building, which falls within the boundaries of
the Lake Forest National Register District and the city’s East Lake Forest
Historic District.The Lake Forest Historic Preservation Commission has voted
to deny the developer’s request to demolish the northern wing where the
chapel is located in order to build additional residential units in its
place. |
