612 East Woodland
612 East Woodland2001Award category: PreservationOriginal architect: David AdlerYear built: 1932This Greek Revival-style house was designed by David Adler in 1932 for the Edison Dick family. It is the first and only home in which Adler used this most American style throughout. The house has been faithfully preserved and the gardens beautifully restored.
830 North Green Bay
Year of award: 2020Award category: Infill AwardOriginal architect: David AdlerYear built: 1929-32Restoration architect: Adrian Smith 2017-presentFew private preservation efforts have had more impact on whole neighborhoods than has the recent work to return this 1930 David Adler-designed estate to its notable character of nearly a century ago. This over 4 acre site was the original 1830s “old home place” of the Atteridge farm, left out of the farm’s redevelopment plan by Shaw that created estates on the west side, running down to the Skokie River, and West Park with its neighborhood of smaller homes on the east side. By the late 1920s though, development was spreading on west Deerpath around the 1914 estate of Joseph and Jean Morton Cudahy, and they engaged David Adler a second time to create for them a new, down-sized “Innisfail II” across from West Park. The yellow limestone manor house and brick wall, both in the Normandy French manor house tradition, remained with the Cudahys until Mrs. Cudahy’s death in 1953. It was then owned by another down-sizer, Philip D. Armour III, who had sold Tangley Oaks in Lake bluff. By 1970 it was the home of Barbara and W. Clement Stone Jr., who renovated the house with the assistance of Chicago decorator Richard Himmel. Among the many modifications made during his tenure were the replacement of the divided light windows on much of the ground floor. He also excavated the property to locate a very large swimming pool fit for Olympic diving. But his most notable alteration was to the south elevation of the main house where he added a large stone and glass bay and moved the main entrance to the east courtyard from the south, adding a circular fountain and bayed entrance that exists today. After many years of neglect, the property was purchased by Chicago-based international architect Adrian Smith and his family, and has been restored by them as a studio, garden, pool house, and entertainment setting. The beautiful north garden has been re-discovered, the work originally of Garden Club of America leader and president of the Morton Arboretum Jean Morton Cudahy with Ferruccio Vitale. The greenhouse and winter garden are whole once again. Flowers bloom on the parkway and the very private estate once again presents a cheerful visage to West Park, its neighbors, and to passers-by.
111 Ridge Lane
Year of award: 2009Award category: PreservationOriginal architect: David AdlerYear built: 1927Lake Forest’s Ridge Lane, a short street off Green Bay Road just north of Deerpath, itself is a remarkable enclave of late 1920s/early 1930s architect designed houses encompassing some of the best of its era in Chicagoland. Other architects include Howard Van Doren Shaw’s former associates Ralph Milman and Stanley D. Anderson, along with Walter Frazier. But the Clow house is the first and most visible place on the street, with the largest landscape. Opposite it, on the southwest corner of Deerpath and Green Bay, is planner Edward H. Bennett’s 1916 house—like the Clow house, with a 1928 high wall along those two streets. Both the Bennett and Clow houses manage the grade changes on their sites masterfully, creating the illusion of a level site with their garden spaces."
461 North Green Bay
Year of award: 2013Award category: PreservationOriginal architect: David AdlerYear built: 1913461 North Green Bay Road was designed by David Adler in 1913 for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Clow, Jr. The house is virtually unchanged and is in excellent condition, thanks in large part to the preservation efforts of the present owners. This is a great example of preservation at its finest. It is all original, right down to the green wood shutters, the wood windows and the yellow stucco. Even the hedges are still laid out in their original pattern. The house is very urban in its design, in response to the fairly constrained site, in comparison to many of Adler’s other well-known homes. And as one passes through this door from the front to the rear, we could easily be in an urban garden somewhere in Europe.
395 North Green Bay
Year of award: 2006Award category: RehabilitationOriginal architect: Albro and LindebergYear built: 1910Restoration architect: Michael BressmanHistoric Two Gables, originally designed for O. Babcock and now more popularly known as the Mr. T House, received a top down rehabilitation and a new east side addition for a great room and to expand the kitchen. The Laurance Armours acquired the estate in 1913 and after a fire in 1928, engaged David Adler to renovate the interiors and replace the charred wood shingle roof with slate tiles. This manor house underwent the most recent renovation in 2004.
165 North Green Bay
Year of award: 1992Award category: PreservationYear built: c. 1858 and c. 1892Restoration architect: Stanley Anderson & David Adler additionsGenerally considered to be the oldest house on Green Bay Road, The James Andrews King House is comprised of a country post office (c. 1858) and a school house (c. 1892), which were drawn together by a team of horses to form a white frame New England style country house. The original buildings were probably designed and built by local carpenters. However, the united structure has had additions designed by several leading local architects, including Stanley Anderson and David Adler.The present owners have carefully preserved the original structures in the Green Bay Road streetscape and have enhanced the building with a new garage that complements the character of the original buildings
250 North Western
Year of award: 2008Award category: RehabilitationOriginal architect: David AdlerYear built: 1935Restoration architect: Garret EakinThis 3500 square foot residence was originally one of the gate houses for the J. Ogden Armour estate. The current owner restored the original butler's cottage and converted the adjacent five-car garage into a dining room, family room, and master suite. An octagonal addition links the garage with the cottage. Exterior trim profiles and Ludovici terra cotta roofing were matched to the originals.
