'Villa Turicum' Interiors

The accompanying interiors to 'Villa Turicum', the Harold F. McCormick estate designed by Charles Platt between 1908-1918 in Lake Forest, Illinois.  Click HERE for more on 'Villa Turicum'.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

'Villa Turicum'

 'Villa Turicum', the Harold Fowler McCormick estate designed by Charles A. Platt between 1908-1918 in Lake Forest, Illinois.  McCormick, son of Cyrus H. McCormick of Lake Forest, was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company.  He was married to Edith Rockefeller from 1895-1921 (they divorced).  Click HERE for more on 'Villa Turicum' and HERE to see the house in ruin.  The residence was demolished in the early 1960s.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

'Seven Springs'

 'Seven Springs', the Eugene Meyer estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1918 in Mt. Kisco, New York.  Meyer was Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve from 1930-1933 and subsequently president of the World Bank Group and owner of the Washington Post.  'Seven Springs' is now owned by Donald Trump who recently received approval to develop the property, click HERE for more.  Click HERE to see 'Seven Springs' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from House & Garden, 1918 via DED.

'Blendon Hall'

 'Blendon Hall', the Frederick S. Culver estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1902 in Lyme, Connecticut.  Platt designed the house for Culver's wife, artist Anna Parkman Osgood.  'Blendon Hall' is currently for sale for $3,400,000, click HERE to see the listing on Coldwell Banker.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see 'Blendon Hall' on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1906.

'Kellogg Lawn'

'Kellogg Lawn', the William Maxwell residence designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1905 in Rockville, Connecticut.  Maxwell was secretary and treasurer of the Springville Manufacturing Company of Rockville.  Today the house functions as the entrance and administrative building for the Rockwell General Hospital.  Click HERE to see 'Kellogg Lawn' on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1912.

'Maxwell Court'

 'Maxwell Court', the Francis Taylor Maxwell estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1902 in Rockville, Connecticut.  For fifty seven years Maxwell served as president of the Hockanum Mills Company, a textile manufacturer founded by his grandfather George Kellogg around 1800.  He was also heavily involved in Connecticut politics.  Today the house functions as the Rockville Elks Lodge #1359.  Click HERE to see 'Maxwell Court' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1908.

131 East 66th Street

131 East 66th Street, a studio building designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1906 on Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street in New York City. Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the history of the building and HERE for a 2010 NYTimes article on a unit for sale in the building. Charles Platt himself appears on the 1910 Census as residing here. Click HERE to see 131 East 66th Street on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1908.