- Sheridan Road
Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N%20Sheridan%20Rd%20%26%20W%20Diversey%20Pkwy%2C%20Chicago%2C%20IL%2060657 Google Maps ] ] in
Chicago, Illinois , north to theIllinois -Wisconsin border and beyond. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest toLake Michigan . From Chicago, it passes through the cities ofEvanston ,Wilmette , Kenilworth,Winnetka ,Glencoe , Highland Park,Highwood ,Fort Sheridan ,Lake Forest ,Lake Bluff ,North Chicago ,Waukegan and Zion, until it reaches the Illinois-Wisconsin state line in Winthrop Harbor. In Wisconsin, the road leads north through Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha, until it ends near Racine.Chicago Path
:It runs at 400 west from 2800 north to 3181 north.:It runs at 3900 north from 600 west to 956 west.:It runs at 1000 west from 3900 north to 1400 west at 7734 north. It runs at 6400 north from 970 west to 1158 west.Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, "Streetwise Chicago", "Sheridan Road", pp. 117, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6]
History
Sheridan Road was original approved by Congress (circa 1832) as a military road from
Fort Dearborn in Chicago to Fort Howard inGreen Bay, Wisconsin . [http://www.rpwrhs.org/rpwrhs/HistoryDetail.asp?id=10188&nexturl=History1840.asp] The road was named forPhilip Henry Sheridan , a general in the Civil War. [ [http://www.gapersblock.com/airbags/archives/cruisin_down_sheridan_road/ Gapers Block : Airbags : Cruisin' down Sheridan Road ] ]Places of Interest
There are several landmarks and places of interest along Sheridan Road. In order from southernmost to northernmost:
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Commonwealth Plaza Condos
*Loyola University, Lakeshore Campus
*Emil Bach House
*Calvary Cemetery
*Northwestern University
*Grosse Point Lighthouse
*Bahá'í House of Worship
*Plaza Del Lago Shopping Mall
*North Shore Congregation Israel
*Ravinia Festival
*Willits House
*Fort Sheridan
*Barat College
*Lake Forest College
*Great Lakes Naval Training Center Footnotes
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