Historical Photo Guessing Game: McClure Family Lived in Lake Forest Manse

As a tie-in to Sunday's Centennial Family Awards by the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, the photo posted was of one of the families honored - the McClure-Stuart family.

The others were the Baldwin Family and the Pratt-Strenger Family.

This Lake Forest manse at 487 Walnut was built in 1887 at the same time as the First Presbyterian Church building. It was inhabited by Reverend Dr. James Gore King McClure and his family while he was pastor at First Presbyterian, and when in 1905 he left to become president of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, the congregation gave the manse to the McClures to use as a summer home.

Thanks for your postings on the photo, and your continued participation and feedback is appreciated.

We'll be back Sunday with another historical photo. If you have one to offer, e-mail the editor: james.powers@patch.com