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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois (2 C, 86 P) Pages in category "Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 422 total.
McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois. Built in 1869 by Henry Guest McPike (1825–1910), it is situated on Alby Street on a site of 15 acres (61,000 m 2 ), one of the highest points in Alton, which was called Mount ...
Winterthur: Winterthur, Delaware: Henry Francis du Pont: Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: 1932: Georgian Revival: Henry Francis du Pont: 8 (tie) 90,000 sq ft (8,400 m 2) Cornelius Vanderbilt II House: New York, New York: Cornelius Vanderbilt II (demolished in 1926) 1882: Châteauesque: George B. Post: 8 (tie) 90,000 sq ft (8,400 m 2 ...
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The museum and estate were the home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), Winterthur's founder and a prominent antiques collector and horticulturist.
On May 3, 1984, the house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] Singer Richard Marx bought the house in 1997 for $4.7 million, and listed it for sale in 2014 for $18 million. [citation needed] The property was sold March of 2020 for $4.2 million to buyers unidentified. [3]
The Winterthur estate passed to Bidermann's son, James Irénée Bidermann, who had attended the École Polytechnique, married a Frenchwoman in 1844, and chosen not to return to America. James sold the Winterthur Estate to Henry du Pont , who intended it as a domicile for his eldest son, Henry Algernon . [ 2 ]
The liquidator may also charge the estate for the costs to give the sale, including advertising, marketing, research, labor, security, refreshments and other fees incurred in giving a successful sale. Depending on the jurisdiction, estate sales run by professional firms may be required to obtain a permit for the sale (as may also be required to ...
A government auction or a public auction is an auction held on behalf of a government in which the property to be auctioned is either property owned by the government or property which is sold under the authority of a court of law or a government agency with similar authority.