November 28, 1914 -- The completion of Sheridan Road is celebrated as
members of the Sheridan Road Improvement Association start from the Congress
Hotel and drive the new road to Highland Park, where they join with the
Highland Park Business Men’s Club. The
end of the road is at Forest Avenue in Highland Park, and from a raised
platform at that point Highland Park Mayor F. P. Hawkins officially opens the
road to the public. W. G. Edens, the
chairman of the Illinois Good Roads Committee, then accepts the new road. The dignitaries then proceed to the Moraine
Hotel where they enjoy a luncheon. Plans
are to extend the road to the Wisconsin border in the coming years. The statue of General Phillip Sheridan, pictured above, stands at the intersection of Belmont and Sheridan, about a half-mile north of the point where Sheridan Road begins.
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