'Fairmore'

 'Fairmore', the Mark Skinner Willing residence designed by Frost & Granger c. 1900 in Lake Forest, Illinois and pictured here under the ownership of Mrs. Charles I. Dangler.  I am unsure if the house is extant.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1909.

'Villa Turicum'

 'Villa Turicum', the Harold Fowler McCormick estate designed by Charles A. Platt between 1908-1918 in Lake Forest, Illinois.  McCormick, son of Cyrus H. McCormick of Lake Forest, was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company.  He was married to Edith Rockefeller from 1895-1921 (they divorced).  Click HERE for more on 'Villa Turicum' and HERE to see the house in ruin.  The residence was demolished in the early 1960s.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

The Charles F. Paxton Residence

 The Charles F. Paxton residence designed by Schmidt, Garden & Martin c. 1911 in Lake Forest, Illinois with landscaping by Jens Jensen.  Paxton was a polo player.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1915.

'House-in-the-Woods'

'House-in-the-Woods', the Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick (Nancy Fowler McCormick) residence designed by Dwight H. Perkins of Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton c. 1916 in Lake Forest, Illinois.  McCormick was the widow of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company.  She died in 1923 and the house was inherited by her daughter Anita McCormick Blaine, widow of Emmons Blaine.  Click HERE for the wikipedia page on the McCormick family.  Click HERE to see 'House-in-the-Woods' on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1918.

The Harold L. Ickes Residence

 The Harold L. Ickes residence designed by Dwight Perkins of Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton c. 1918 in Winnetka, Illinois.  Ickes served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1933-1946.  Click HERE for a recent brochure from when the house was for sale with a lot of color photographs.  Click HERE to see the Ickes residence on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1918.

'Coonley House'

'Coonley House', the Avery Coonley residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright c. 1907 in Riverside, Illinois. Around 1960 the house was split into two residences with two addresses. Click HERE and HERE for more on Coonley House and HERE to see the house on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1911.

The Henry B. Babson Residence

The Henry B. Babson residence designed by Louis H. Sullivan c. 1907 in Riverside, Illinois. Babson sold Edison phonographic machines nationwide. Click HERE for more on the Babson residence including some old autochromes. The home has since been demolished.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1910.

The Orville Babcock Residence

The Orville Babcock residence designed by Albro & Lindeberg c. 1910 in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Photos from Architecture, 1912.