Beverly Shores, Indiana, is a small resort community clustered along the
southernmost tip of Lake Michigan, approximately forty miles southeast
of Chicago. The town is now an island of private resort homes surrounded
by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, a federal park. Beverly Shores:
A Suburban Dunes Resort presents an extensive collection of
architectural and environmental photographs that reflect the changes in
Chicago society between the late 1920s and World War II.
With this glimpse into Beverly Shores' past, readers of all ages will
delight in discovering the unique heritage of this town in northwestern
Indiana. From developer Frederick Bartlett's introduction of the
Mediterranean Revival style of architecture, to Robert Bartlett's most
enduring publicity stunt of buying pieces of the 1933-34 Chicago World's
Fair and stationing them in the town, this architectural study includes
nearly 200 vintage images of the evolution of this suburban dunes resort
community.