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Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm

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The Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm is a house in Mettawa, Illinois, within what is now the Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve, built in 1938 by the firm Perkins, Wheeler and Will after an earlier 1936 house on the site was destroyed by fire. Its Modern International style design draws on 1920s European avant-garde architecture and Prairie School influences, with block-like massing, minimal ornamentation, and a shallow, broadly overhanging hip roof. The house was the home of Adlai Stevenson II, the Illinois governor, two-time Democratic presidential candidate, and United States ambassador to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis, from 1936 until his death in 1965. It is now owned by the Lake County Forest Preserve District and operates as a museum, and it was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 23, 2014, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Farm 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Illinois, United States 3
Completed Year
1938 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Farm 2
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Farm, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_E._Stevenson_II_Farm, lead definition
    The Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm, also known as Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home is a historic property located on St. Mary's Road in Mettawa, Illinois.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm is a house in Mettawa, Illinois, within what is now the Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve, built in 1938 by the firm Perkins, Wheeler and Will after an earlier 1936 house on the site was destroyed by fire. Its Modern International style design draws on 1920s European avant-garde architecture and Prairie School influences, with block-like massing, minimal ornamentation, and a shallow, broadly overhanging hip roof. The house was the home of Adlai Stevenson II, the Illinois governor, two-time Democratic presidential candidate, and United States ambassador to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis, from 1936 until his death in 1965. It is now owned by the Lake County Forest Preserve District and operates as a museum, and it was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 23, 2014, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1938)
    completion_date/completed = 1938
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2. Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Farm)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Farm)
Wikidata item Q7218017, instance of (P31): farm
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3. Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Illinois, United States
    Wikidata item Q7218017, property P131/P17 (location): Illinois, United States
  • In Style: International Style, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: International Style
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