982 Sheridan Rd., Lake Bluff, Illinois. County/parish: Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 31, 2008. NRIS 07001476.
8 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.Also known as:
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.
The estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893294