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Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Wrigley Mansion, is a historic building located in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, United States. The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company , and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family.
The building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2000, [4] and it was added to the federal National Register of Historic Places in 2003. In 2001, the building was sold to developer Draper and Kramer who, with Booth Hansen Architects, converted it to residential use, with the first two floors dedicated to upscale office and retail space.
The John J. Glessner House, operated as the Glessner House, is an architecturally important 19th-century residence located at 1800 S. Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Built during the Gilded Age , it was designed in 1885–1886 by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in late 1887.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The building was demolished in 1995, despite its presence on the list of Chicago landmarks and the National Register of Historic Places. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The location where the hotel once stood is currently the site of a 296 unit residential high rise called "The Lex" [ 10 ] that was completed in 2012.
The house was built in 1886 by Cobb and Frost for socialite Ransom R. Cable. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991. [1] In 1902, the house was purchased by Robert Hall McCormick for his son, Robert Hall McCormick III who was head of the McCormick Estate. The house was the accommodation for Guglielmo Marconi's visit to Chicago ...
Cook Children’s has a new patient. The hospital system has taken over the stewardship of the 118-year-old Thistle Hill mansion after receiving it as a gift from historic preservation non-profit ...
Her grandfather, Joseph Medill, was Mayor of Chicago and owned the Chicago Tribune, which later passed into the hands of another Medill grandchild, her first cousin Colonel Robert R. McCormick. Cissy's older brother, who for a time was also involved in the Tribune, Joseph Medill Patterson, was the founder of the New York Daily News.