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Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall Archives

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Our mission is to preserve and make available the historically valuable institutional records of Lake Forest Academy (1865-present) and Ferry Hall (1869-1974)

The Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall Archives contains correspondence, minutes, reports, yearbooks, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, video recordings,architectural plans, and artifacts from all eras of school history. The collection documents school life (academics, athletics, fine arts, student clubs) and administrative activities (Head of School actions, Board of Trustee decisions, faculty role, PR/development).

11/02/2026

Students hanging out on campus at LFA in 1925 and Ferry Hall in 1949.

10/31/2026

10/30/2026

A display of spooky Halloween pumpkins carved by students in fall, 1981.

10/22/2026

Reid Hall in Fall 1974.

09/25/2026

Students participating in Fall Field Day at Ferry Hall, ca. 1915

08/26/2026

LFA and Ferry Hall students in 1872

05/30/2026

Happy graduation day!

04/16/2026

Senior Class at Ferry Hall, 1897.

02/23/2026

Ferry Hall, 1898.

01/22/2026

LFA Students outside on a cold day in 1916.

Address

1500 W. Kennedy Road
Lake Forest, IL
60045

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+18476153210

Website

https://lfanet.libguides.com/content.php?pid=498139&sid=4095838

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