Among the buildings visible are (roughly left to right): James Anderson home at Illinois and Western, train depot, shoe shop and store at McKinley and Deerpath, Charles H. Quinlan home on Deerpath, Erastus Bailey home on Walnut, Old Hotel in Triangle Park, District School at Washington and Walnut, Gilbert Rossiter home on Deerpath, A. J. Sawyer home near Deerpath and Washington, C. R. Starkweather on Deerpath, Harvey M. Thompson and Devillo R. Holt on University Avenue (Sheridan Road), Lake Forest Academy and Academy Boarding House on Deerpath, Captain Stokes, W. C. Dickinson, and Samuel F. Miller on Deerpath and Westminster, Dr. Baxter Dickinson's Female Seminary on Linden (College).
