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Highland Park

Highland Park's register runs heavily to houses, 22 listings of that kind. The 1920s account for more of that work than any other decade. One themed walking tour runs through those listings.

The earliest listing here is Ward Winfield Willits House, added Nov 24, 1980.

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Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. A point marks the record location and does not mean the place is open to visitors. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Listings

Historic districts

1980

First listing

Walking tours

Building typeHouses and mansions in Highland Park10 stops · 1.6 milesThe route links houses built between 1880 and 1930. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.

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Oldest on the register

First listed	Ward Winfield Willits House · Nov 24, 1980
Oldest construction date	James, Jean Butz, Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society · built 1871

Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties. Construction years come from Wikidata, matched on reference number, and are on record for 17 of the 34 listings here. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Building · Lake County

Adams, Mary W., House

BuildingListed 1982

Building · Lake County

Beatty, Ross J., House

BuildingListed 1982

Building · Lake County

Beatty, Ross, House

BuildingListed 1982

Building · Lake County

Becker, A. G., Property

BuildingListed 1984

Historic districts

Styles that appear most

Prairie School 7Art Deco 2Italianate 2Shingle style 2Tudor Revival 2Châteauesque 1

Style labels come from Wikidata and are on record for 20 of the 34 listings here. The count is the number of listings carrying each label. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Every listing

Mary W. Adams House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1923 Lake Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002552
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Ross J. Beatty House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 344 Ravine Dr., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Commerce, Architecture
Significance: State
Also known as: Halcyon Hall
Reference: 82002553
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Ross Beatty House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1499 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Commerce, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002554
Built: 1893
Style: Neoclassical architecture, Queen Anne style
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Becker, A. G., Property▾Highland ParkBuilding1984

Address: 405 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Nov 15, 1984
Listed for: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 84000343
Built: 1921
Style: Prairie School architecture, Tudor Revival architecture
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Braeside School▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 124 Pierce Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Education, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002555
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Albert Campbell House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 434 Marshman, Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002556
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Richard Churchill House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1214 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002557
Built: 1908
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Henry Dubin House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 441 Cedar, Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002558
Style: International Style
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Evert House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 2687 Logan, Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002559
Built: 1872
Style: Second Empire style
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Harold Florsheim House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 650 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Landscape architecture, Commerce, Architecture, Social history
Significance: State
Reference: 82002560
Built: 1925
Style: châteauesque
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Mrs. Frank Geyso Houses▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 450 and 456 Woodland Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002561
Built: 1923
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Granville-Mott House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 80 Laurel Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002562
Built: 1910
Style: Tudor Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Hazel Avenue Prospect Avenue Historic District▾Highland ParkHistoric district1982

Address: St. Johns, Hazel, Dale, Forest, and Prospect Aves., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002563
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Highland Park Water Tower▾Highland ParkStructure1982

Address: N of Central Green Bay Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002564
Built: 1930
Contributing: 1 structure
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Samuel Holmes House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 2693 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002565
Built: 1926
Style: Shingle style architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Humer Building▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1894 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002566
Built: 1926
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

James, Jean Butz, Museum of the Highland Park Historical Society▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 326 Central Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002567
Built: 1871
Style: Italianate architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Jensen, Jens, Summer House and Studio▾Highland ParkHistoric district1991

Address: 930--950 Dean Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Jun 19, 1991
Listed for: Landscape architecture
Significance: National
Also known as: See Also:Jensen, Jens, House and Studio
Reference: 91000795
Style: Shingle style architecture
Contributing: 2 buildings, 1 site
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Haerman Lanzl House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1635 Linden, Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002568
Built: 1921
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Lichtstern House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 105 S. Deere Park Dr., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002569
Built: 1919
Style: Italianate architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Linden Park Place-Belle Avenue Historic District▾Highland ParkHistoric district1983

Address: Roughly bounded by Sheridan Rd., Elm Pl., Linden, Park, and Central Aves., Highland Park
Listed: Dec 13, 1983
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 83003580
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Ernest Loeb House▾Highland ParkBuilding1983

Address: 1425 Waverly, Highland Park
Listed: May 18, 1983
Listed for: Landscape architecture, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 83000321
Built: 1930
Style: Georgian Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building, 1 site
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Mr. Fred L. Mandel Jr. House▾Highland ParkBuilding2009

Address: 2479 Woodbridge La., Highland Park
Listed: Dec 22, 2009
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 09001122
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Maple Avenue Maple Lane Historic District▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: Maple Ave. and Maple Lane between St. Johns Ave. and Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002570
Contributing: 11 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

George Madison Millard House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1689 Lake Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002571
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Sylvester Millard House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 1623 Sylvester Pl., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Community planning, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002572
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

North Shore Sanitary District Tower▾Highland ParkStructure1983

Address: Cary Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Jun 30, 1983
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 83000322
Built: 1931
Style: Art Deco
Contributing: 1 structure
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Obee House▾Highland ParkBuilding·

Address: 1642 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park
Reference: 82002573
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

George Pick House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 970 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002574
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Ravinia Park Historic District▾Highland ParkHistoric district1982

Address: Roughly bounded by Lambert Tree Ave., Sheridan Rd., St. Johns Ave., Rambler Lane, and Ravinia Park Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002575
Contributing: 2 buildings, 3 structures
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Rosewood Park▾Highland ParkSite1982

Address: Roger Williams Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Landscape architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002576
Built: 1910
Contributing: 2 structures, 1 site, 1 object
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

John Taylor Snite House▾Highland ParkBuilding2003

Address: 225 N. Deere Park Ave. E, Highland Park
Listed: Aug 19, 2003
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 03000790
Style: Renaissance Revival architecture, Art Deco architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

C. S. Soule House▾Highland ParkBuilding1982

Address: 304 Laurel Ave., Highland Park
Listed: Sep 29, 1982
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 82002577
Built: 1880
Style: Gothic Revival
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Ward Winfield Willits House▾Highland ParkBuilding1980

Address: 1445 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Listed: Nov 24, 1980
Listed for: Art, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 80001380
Style: Prairie School architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Every listing here also appears on its county page for Lake County.

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