On the lake and not visible from the street, a 1915 design of architect Frederick Perkins.
Originally 20 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms
This brick Tudor-style English country house was commissioned by John G. Shedd, chairman of Marshall Field and Co. for his daughter Laura, and her husband
Laura and her sister later built the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in memory of their father
The main entrance and fence were designed by architect James Allen in 1927.
The wrought iron gates were fashioned by Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia, the most accomplished and best known master metal worker of the time.
The Schweppes entertained royalty at the estate in the early part of the century.
Laura Schweppe died in 1937 at the age of 58.
Four years later her husband was found in his bed, dead from a gunshot wound.
The mansion sat vacant for 45 years until 1986, when it when it was meticulously restored by new owners
It’s considered to be haunted.
The original estate, which totaled 28 acres, has been subdivided.
