This article features a luxurious mansion in Chicago with a fascinating history and a blend of architectural styles.
This mansion was designed in 1904 by influential Chicago architect Benjamin H. Marshall, who also designed Chicago ’s Drake Hotel. It was originally built for John Pirie Jr. of the department store chain Carson Pirie Scott & Company and was later owned by the Armour family. The current owner is octogenarian billionaire businessman John Krehbiel Jr., who bought the main residence with his late wife, Kennetha “Posy” Krehbiel, in 1988.
The Krehbiels later added two adjacent properties to the elegant estate.The main residence and the various structures across the property are an elegant pastiche of styles, mixing the stately Georgian in style with elements of the iconic Chicago School that originated in Chicago in the 19th and 20th centuries and is known for its horizontal lines, hipped roofs with overhanging eaves, and integration with the natural surroundings. There are also Italianate influences, like Tuscan and bowed windows. Altogether, there’s a total of almost 12,000 square feet of living space with eight bedrooms, eight full bathrooms, and two half-bathrooms split between the main house, an attached coach house, a guest house, the pool house, and a light-filled conservatory. The red-brick main house is encrusted in manicured vines covering nearly every inch of the front facade
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