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1. chicago.curbed.com › maps › chicago-lost-mansions-mapMapping the Lost Mansions of Chicago's Gilded Age

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   Nov 19, 2015 · Cyrus McCormick Mansion. The inventor of the grain reaper, Cyrus McCormick, decided at the age of 70 to erect a great house the equal of any other in Chicago and took four years from 1875 to 1879 ...

2. researchworks.oclc.org › archivegrid › collectionPhotographs of the Edith Rockefeller McCormick residence

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   Interior and exteriors views of the Edith Rockefeller McCormick residence at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.). Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include McCormick mansion photograph collection (1980.0336)

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   When was Edith Rockefeller McCormick House built?

   • The mansion was ultimately torn down in 1955. Although it is often referred to as the Edith Rockefeller McCormick Residence, the Romanesque Revival mansion at 1000 N. Lake Shore Dr. was originally built for prominent and wealthy Board of Trade member Nathaniel Jones by Architect Solon S. Beman in 1883.

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   Why did Harold McCormick move to the Rockefeller House?

   • Harold McCormick moved to the house following his divorce from Edith Rockefeller. The building was ultimately demolished for redevelopment in 1955. Just across the street from the Rockefeller McCormick house, William Borden hired Robert Morris Hunt to build his Chateauesque mansion in 1884.

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   Did George Pullman build a mansion in Chicago?

   • The lost mansion of industrialist George Pullman. Chicago is rightly famed for its groundbreaking architecture and while the Loop's tall skyscrapers often steal the spotlight, the city also had its share of great mansions built for tycoons with names like Field, McCormick and Pullman.

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4. chicagotreasurehouses.com › 2011/12/11 › a-long-goneA Long-Gone Treasure: Villa Turicum | Chicago Treasure Houses

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   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 ...

5. researchworks.oclc.org › archivegrid › collectionArchiveGrid : McCormick mansion photograph collection

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   Photos by R. Capes include exteriors, plans, family pets, and 53 interiors Credit photographer Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include Photographs of the Edith Rockfeller McCormick residence (1986.0101)

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7. www.villaturicum.com › interiors › indexVilla Turicum - Interiors

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   The estate was purchased in 1956 by Robert Kendler of Community Builders. The house, found to be structurally unsound, was torn down. The property was subdivided into 161 lots and in 1972 was being marketed with a familiar name, Villa Turicum. . The Lake Forest Estate of Harold Fowler McCormick and Edith Rockefeller McCormick, built on the ...

8. hpzs.com › blog › lost-mansions-of-the-gold-coastLOST MANSIONS OF THE GOLD COAST, PART 3: THE ROCKEFELLER ...

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   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.”.

9. chicago.curbed.com › maps › gilded-age-historicChicago’s greatest remaining Gilded Age mansions

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   Feb 13, 2020 · The Queen Anne style mansion was purchased in 1948 by Charles Boyde and Dr. Alva Maxey-Boyd and became a center of culture on the South Side. Maxey-Boyd sold the house to a doctor from New York ...