1120 Fortress Drive — McHenry, IL 60050
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McHenry, IL 60050

1120 Fortress Drive

$750,000
3 beds · 3 baths · 2,352 sqft
Listed at $750,000 7 days on market $11,639/yr taxes
01About this home

Resort-style contemporary waterfront on a half-acre with an extraordinary 286' of deep-channel frontage opening to Pistakee Lake. Bright, light-filled interior with cathedral ceilings and full-wall windows framing panoramic water views. Main-floor primary suite shares a two-sided gas fireplace with the great room for elegant, cozy evenings. Recently updated chef's kitchen features commercial-grade appliances and granite counters and flows to a sunroom and private water-view deck. Upper level offers two generous bedrooms, a full bath, a spacious recreation/hobby room and a luminous loft perfect for a home office. Don't miss the large tiered rear deck overlooking a quiet channel, a pier with room for a boat lift, an additional front deck, a fenced yard and professional landscape and hardscape for privacy and entertaining. The adjacent yard has its own PIN and natural, treed landscaping. Recent updates include kitchen, whole-house generator, updated teak hardwood flooring, all-new windows and sliding doors, new composite front deck, updated rear deck, pavers and updated HVAC. Two-car attached garage plus ample driveway parking for boats and toys. Located on a secluded cul-de-sac at the mouth of Pistakee Lake, offering serene waterfront seclusion with easy access to McHenry dining and shopping, waterfront restaurants, Moraine Hills State Park (trails, biking, kayaking), Chain O'Lakes recreation, Route 31 and nearby Metra stations. More than a home. Year-round resort living.

02Inside the home
03By the numbers
$750,000
List price
2,352
Square feet
3
Bedrooms
2 full / 1 half
Bathrooms
1986
Year built
0.50 ac
Lot size
2
Garage spaces
$11,639
Annual taxes
Contemporary
Style
7
Days on market
04Open houses
Saturday
Jun 20
5pm–7pm
05Features
Heating
Natural GasForced Air
Cooling
Central Air
Appliances
RangeMicrowaveDishwasherHigh End RefrigeratorWasherDryerStainless Steel Appliance(s)Range HoodWater PurifierGas CooktopHumidifier
Parking
AsphaltGarage Door OpenerGarage OwnedAttachedGarage
Construction
Cedar
Equipment
Ceiling Fan(s)Sump PumpGenerator
Sewer
Septic Tank
06Neighborhood
This home EElementary schoolMMiddle schoolHHigh school
E Elementary school
Lotus
McHenry, IL
📍145 mi🚗376 min
M Middle school
Stanton
McHenry, IL
📍50 mi🚗131 min
H High school
Grant Community High School
McHenry, IL
📍2.1 mi🚗5 min🚶50 min
  • Dockers Restaurant 0.7 mi
  • Rosati's 0.8 mi
  • Dairy Queen 0.8 mi
  • Dogs on the Chain 0.8 mi
  • Antioch Pizza 0.8 mi
  • Lolo's Burrito Express 0.9 mi
  • MC Shop 0.8 mi
  • Graham's Marketplace 0.8 mi
  • Thorntons 0.8 mi
  • Shell 1.0 mi
  • Los Perez Supermarket 1.1 mi
  • Mobil Mart 1.2 mi
  • Lake Street Park 0.4 mi
  • Lakefront Park 0.8 mi
  • The Coffee Shop 0.7 mi
  • Dunkin' 0.8 mi
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07History

Every event we have for this address, straight from the MLS.

Jun 12, 2026
Listed for saleThis listing
Compass
$750,000
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