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Apr 16, 2015 · McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, 1872-1932 -- Art collections;Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Skip to main content. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us!
Dec 11, 2011 · 11 Sunday Dec 2011. I just stumbled upon the most wonderful web site dedicated to the legendary Villa Turicum, the Lake Forest estate built for Harold McCormick and his wife, Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The 44-room Italianate villa was constructed between 1908 and 1918. Spurning an altogether different design by Frank Lloyd Wright, the ...
EDITH ROCKEFELLER McCORMICK HOUSE. Although it was commonly referred to as the Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick residence, this house located at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive was built in 1883 for Nathaniel Jones, a prosperous member of the Board of Trade. He was described as “one of the wealthiest and most successful businessmen in Chicago.”.
Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 – August 25, 1932) was an American socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller . She and her husband Harold Fowler McCormick were prominent in Chicago society, supporting many causes, including the city's first opera company. After being treated for depression by Jung, she ...
Lake Forest, Illinois. By F. A. CUSHING SMITH, A.S.L.A. Editor, The American Landscape Architect. June 1930. Four beautiful elms grace the long greensward of the mall that leads to the residence at "Villa Turicum." "VILLA TURICUM," the country estate of Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick, at Lake Forest, Illinois, is regarded as the finest example in ...
Jan 25, 2012 · PDF to Flipbook. Newspaper. ... EDITH ROCKEFELLER MCCORMICK HOUSE. FIRST FLOOR PLAN. SECOND FLOOR PLAN { 109 } ... CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP’S RESIDENCE. FIRST FLOOR PLAN. in 1979. The present ...
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Spelman residence. John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York, the second of six children born to William Avery Rockefeller, a medicine peddler and trader, and the former Eliza Davison, who had married the handsome and flamboyant “Big Bill” against her father’s wishes. William’s work thrived best in new towns ...
