William McCormick Blair Estate
William McCormick Blair Estate is located in Chicago metropolitan area
William McCormick Blair Estate
William McCormick Blair Estate is located in Illinois
William McCormick Blair Estate
William McCormick Blair Estate is located in the United States
William McCormick Blair Estate
Location982 Sheridan Rd., Lake Bluff, Illinois
Coordinates42°17′17″N 87°50′45″W / 42.28806°N 87.84583°W / 42.28806; -87.84583
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1926-28
ArchitectDavid Adler
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.07001476[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 2008

The William McCormick Blair Estate is a historic estate at 982 Sheridan Road in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The estate was built in 1926-28 for financier William McCormick Blair, who was one of the many wealthy and prominent Chicagoans to build an estate in Lake Bluff in the early twentieth century. Architect David Adler, a well-regarded designer of country houses, designed the estate's main house in the Colonial Revival style. The house has a complex, sprawling shape unified by the consistent use of double-hung windows and wood roofing shingles. The estate also includes a garage, a tennis house, two cottages, two sheds, a folly shaped like a Greek temple, a greenhouse, and a garden.[2]

The estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Benjamin, Susan S.; Yant, Gwen Sommers (October 1, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: William McCormick Blair Estate" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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