> The 1882-1885 Potter Palmer manse, which was located at 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive. It was designed by architects Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, with further alterations made by David Adler in 1921. From 1933 forward it stood largely unused, finally succumbing to the wrecking ball in 1950.
Found via the Facebook group Windy City Historians.
HughJorgenssays
Kind of brutal, but cool looking. I would have lived there.
magicweasel7says
I find it interesting how many of these elaborate mansions are only used as residences for 1 or 2 generations.
skel625says
It’d be cool if we could see pics of the insides of many of these buildings at the same time as the view from outside.
kisforkarolsays
I thought this was a photo of Hill House very briefly as I scrolled through my feed…
PomegranatePlanetsays
My Mom was an office worker for S.N. Nielsen construction in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Before they demo’d the mansion, everyone got to tour it.
What struck her most was a sterling silver dishwashing sink used to clean crystal. Since sterling is soft, fewer pieces of crystal were broken.
niftyjack says
> The 1882-1885 Potter Palmer manse, which was located at 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive. It was designed by architects Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, with further alterations made by David Adler in 1921. From 1933 forward it stood largely unused, finally succumbing to the wrecking ball in 1950.
Found via the Facebook group Windy City Historians.
HughJorgens says
Kind of brutal, but cool looking. I would have lived there.
magicweasel7 says
I find it interesting how many of these elaborate mansions are only used as residences for 1 or 2 generations.
skel625 says
It’d be cool if we could see pics of the insides of many of these buildings at the same time as the view from outside.
kisforkarol says
I thought this was a photo of Hill House very briefly as I scrolled through my feed…
PomegranatePlanet says
My Mom was an office worker for S.N. Nielsen construction in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Before they demo’d the mansion, everyone got to tour it.
What struck her most was a sterling silver dishwashing sink used to clean crystal. Since sterling is soft, fewer pieces of crystal were broken.