Fort Sheridan Water Tower

The Fort Sheridan Water Tower is a water tower in , .
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: historic United States Army base water tower
  • Also known as: Water Tower, Building 49

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Sheridan station and Highwood station.

Railway station
is one of two stations on 's Union Pacific North Line located in the neighborhood in . The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles away from , the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line. is situated 2,500 feet west of Fort Sheridan Water Tower.

Railway station
Highwood is one of two stations on 's Union Pacific North Line located in . Highwood is located at 317 Green Bay Road. Highwood is 24.5 miles away from , the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line. is situated 1 mile south of Fort Sheridan Water Tower.

Cemetery
was established in 1889 on the grounds of Fort Sheridan, a United States Army installation that had been established two years earlier, in 1887, in , and remained an active U.S. Army installation until 1993. is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Fort Sheridan Water Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Sheridan and Highwood.

Hamlet
is a residential neighborhood within the cities of , , and in , , United States. It was originally established as , an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to .

Village
is a suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074.

is a city in , United States. Per the 2020 census, its population was 30,176. As a suburb of , is located on the of the , about 25 miles north of downtown.

Fort Sheridan Water Tower

Latitude
42.21656° or 42° 12′ 60″ north
Longitude
-87.81198° or 87° 48′ 43″ west
Open location code
86JJ658Q+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4817437871
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q14687504
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