Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States.

[citation needed] Thomas Curley suggested the name High Woods because the land was the highest ground between Chicago and Milwaukee and was covered with trees.

[7] Highwood provided several business and employment opportunities and following the fire, many of those who lost their home and a wave of immigrants settled into the town.

However, with increased transportation it also caused a sudden rise in gambling dens and illegal "blind-pig" taverns which catered to off duty soldiers.

This eventually provoked federal authorities to enact the "Highwood Quadrangle" which prohibited the sale of liquor within 1 1/8th miles of the army base.

However, 8 years later in 1894 the name was changed back to Highwood due to resident frustration and confusion with postal misrouting.

[5] In the 1920s a large number of Northern Italian immigrants (originally from Modena) moved to Highwood, many from Dalzell, Illinois, a coal mining town in Bureau County, to seek jobs.

The national prohibition of alcohol at the time also attracted bootleggers who smuggled large quantities of liquor into the city.

[citation needed] Following the start of World War II Fort Sheridan was used as an active training ground.

Since then Highwood's business have continued to flourish and the city has become the destination for North Shore dining and nightlife.

Pace provides bus service on Route 472 connecting Highwood to Highland Park, Fort Sheridan, and other destinations.

The Fine Art Studio of ROTBLATT-AMRANY which is owned by Julie Rotblatt Amrany is located within the old village of Fort Sheridan.

Therefore, the city has a large collection of pre-war residential and commercial structures that reflect the architecture popular during that period, including neo-classical, Italianate, and arts and crafts bungalow styles.