National Register of Historic Places

Linn, Howard and Lucy, House

Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois
Listed
November 15, 2005
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
05001257

About this property

The Howard and Lucy Linn House is a historic house at 555 Shoreacres Drive in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The house was built in 1927 for Lucy Linn, the founder or president of multiple Chicago social organizations and a member of the prominent McCormick family, and her husband Howard, a businessman and aviator. The couple was typical of the wealthy, socially prominent people who built estates in Lake Bluff and neighboring Lake Forest. Architect Walter S. Frazier of the firm Frazier & Raftery designed the house in the French Renaissance Revival style, a choice inspired by Howard's service in France in World War I. The house has an asymmetrical plan with a stucco exterior, a loggia at the front entrance, a central courtyard, and several porches. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2005.

Location

555 Shoreacres Dr.
Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois
42.29864, -87.83444

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Linn, Howard and Lucy, House listed on the National Register?

Linn, Howard and Lucy, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Linn, Howard and Lucy, House?

Linn, Howard and Lucy, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Linn, Howard and Lucy, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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