You're looking for a small lock n lock located close to the neat little building. Please replace so the cache is out of sight.
There was once a fantastic series by Genius Loci in this park, but it has been archived. I wanted to put another cache in this great park to bring people out again. Highland Park residents don't take very kindly to non-Highland Park residents as street parking is difficult to find near the park. Use the parking waypoint for the closest legal parking I know of. If you find some another spot, let me know I can add another waypoint. Also note that non-Highland Park residents are not allowed to use the beach, which is south of this cache.
Millard Park was once part of the Schaffner estate with a home designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1909. Henry Floriani originally designed the gardens. The Park District of Highland Park acquired the land in 1969 and the house was demolished in 1982. In 1987, the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore approached the Park District of Highland Park to restore the garden in Millard Park. In 1990, local members of the Garden Club of America took over the gardens maintenance.
The garden was dedicated to Robert C. Schaffner in May of 1991. Since 1991, the Park District of Highland Park has maintained the garden. Millard Park is named after Everett L. Millard who was an early Commissioner and President of the Highland Park East Park District. Voted Best Secluded Picnic Spot by Chicago Magazine, August 2001.
Millard Park is 14 acres of ravine, bluff, and shore habitat. Ravines offer cooler climates for plants and animals.