Sheridan Road is a major north-south street that leads from

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, north to the

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border and beyond to

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. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to

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. From Chicago, it passes through Chicago's wealthy lakeside North Shore suburbs, and then

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and

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, until it reaches the Illinois-Wisconsin state line in Winthrop Harbor. In Wisconsin, the road leads north through Pleasant Prairie and

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, until it ends on the south side of Racine, in Mount Pleasant. From North Chicago to the state line, Sheridan Road is signed as part of

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in Illinois, and

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through Kenosha and Racine in Wisconsin. Sheridan Road is known for its historic sites, lakefront parks, and gracious mansion homes in Evanston through Lake Bluff. Sheridan Road is also very popular with cyclists, with many riders using the road north of the terminus of the

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Chicago path

* It runs at 400 west from 2800 north (Diversey Parkway) to 3181 north (Belmont Avenue). * It runs at 3900 north from 600 (Lake Shore Drive) west to 956 west (Sheffield Avenue). * It runs at 1000 west from 3900 north (Byron Street) to 6356 north. * It runs at 6400 north from 970 west to 1158 west (Broadway). * It runs at 1200 west from 6400 north (Broadway/Devon Avenue) to 6756 north (Pratt Boulevard). * It runs from 1200 west at 6800 north to 1400 west at 7800 north (northern city limit).

History

A suburban extension of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive to Waukegan was first promoted by the North Shore Improvement Association in the late 1880s. In 1889 this road was named ''Sheridan Road'' for Philip Henry Sheridan, a general in the Civil War who coordinated military relief efforts in Chicago following the

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. Much of the route had been laid out by 1893, and in 1894 it was proposed that the new road should be extended to

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, Wisconsin. Progress on the construction of the road was slowed by local opposition in some of the communities that it was to pass through, and construction was not completed until 1918. A statue of Sheridan by artist

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was placed alongside Sheridan Road and Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1924.

Illinois Route 42

Sheridan Road in Illinois was once signed as Illinois Route 42. The route was first shown on official maps in 1924; the original route ran along Sheridan Road from the Wisconsin border to Waukegan, then turned west along Washington Street, south along Green Bay Road (now part of IL 131), east along Rockland Road (now part of IL 176) before running south along Waukegan Road (now mostly part of IL 43). In 1925, Route 42 was realigned to include all of Sheridan Road in Illinois; the route continued south to the Indiana border at Hammond, and the old route became Illinois Route 42A. In 1929, the southern terminus of Route 42 was changed to the south end of Sheridan Road as US 41 supplanted the southern part of the route. This made the route coextensive with the Illinois portion of Sheridan Road. Sheridan Road was marked as Route 42 until the highway was removed from the state highway system in 1972.

Places of interest

There are several landmarks and places of interest along Sheridan Road. In order from southernmost to northernmost: * Commonwealth Plaza Condominiums * Philip Henry Sheridan Statue * The Breakers at Edgewater Beach Apartments * Park Tower Condominium * The Renaissance (Building at 5510 North Sheridan) *Edgewater Condominium Plaza, 5445 North Sheridan occupies the precise spot of

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; 5455 North Sheridan, its twin building is set at right angle to the street) * Edgewater Beach Apartments *

Colvin House The Colvin House is a house at 5940 North Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1909 by George W. Maher George Washington Maher (December 25, 1864 – September 12, 1926) was an American architect during the ...

* Mundelein College Skyscraper Building * Loyola University, Lakeshore Campus *

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*Calvary Cemetery *

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*Levere Memorial Temple, headquarters of

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fraternity * Grosse Point Lighthouse * Bahá'í House of Worship *

Plaza del Lago Plaza del Lago is a Shopping mall, shopping center at 1515 Sheridan Road in Wilmette, Illinois, United States, which opened in 1928 as Spanish Court. It has been reported as the second-oldest shopping center in the United States designed for automo ...

Henry Demarest Lloyd House The Wayside, also known as the Henry Demarest Lloyd House, is a historic house at 830 Sheridan Road in Winnetka, Illinois, United States. An extensively altered mid-19th century country inn, it was from 1880 until his death in 1903 the princi ...

North Shore Congregation Israel North Shore Congregation Israel is a Reform synagogue located at 1185 Sheridan Road in Glencoe, Illinois. The congregation started in 1920 as the North Shore branch of Sinai Congregation, and is the oldest in the Chicago North Shore suburbs. T ...

Ravinia Festival Ravinia Festival is an outdoor music venue in Highland Park, Illinois. It hosts a series of outdoor concerts and performances every summer from June to September. The first orchestra to perform at Ravinia Festival was the New York Philharmonic unde ...

North Shore Sanitary District Tower The North Shore Sanitary District Tower is located in Rosewood Park, Highland Park, Illinois. It was built in 1931 to provide ventilation for the local sewer system. The brick tower is tall and topped by a spire. The tower features Art Deco ele ...

Willits House The Ward W. Willits House is a building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1901, the Willits house is considered one of the first of the great Prairie School houses. Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, th ...

* Fort Sheridan * Barat College *

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Genesee Theatre Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows. History In 1926, A.L ...

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* Chiwaukee Prairie *Kenosha Sand Dunes *

Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library The Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, and is a location of the Kenosha Public Library (KPL). KPL consists of 4 locations, an Outreach department, and is a member of both the Kenosha County Library ...

* Bradford Community Church * Dinosaur Discovery Museum * Carthage College

Footnotes

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Chicago path

History

Illinois Route 42

Places of interest

See also

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