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Lake Bluff commission designates 112 East North Avenue a local landmark
Summary
After presentations by homeowners and local historians, the commission voted to nominate 112 East North Avenue for local landmark status and will forward the nomination to the village board; the designation follows rehabilitation work on the house and carriage house and preservation work to retain historic fabric.
The Lake Bluff Historic Preservation Commission unanimously voted Aug. 13, 2025, to nominate 112 East North Avenue for local landmark status and will forward the nomination to the Village Board for final action.
Homeowners Katie and Ron Govan described buying and restoring the late-19th-century house and its carriage house. “It really felt like it was meant to be,” Katie Govan said of finding the property, and she described efforts to preserve historic materials during a carriage-house rehabilitation. The…
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