The Grigsby Estate is a historic estate and hobby farm at 125 Buckley Road in Barrington Hills, Illinois, USA. The house was built in 1930 for Bertram James Grigsby, an electrical engineer and president of a radio manufacturing company, and his wife Elsie. The architectural firm of Rowe, Dillard and Rowe designed the estate's Tudor Revival manor house for the couple, a style which reflected their time in England; Elsie was born there, while Bertram worked there for several years. The house's design features an asymmetrical form, half-timbering, decorative brickwork and several brick chimneys. The estate also includes a guest house, a garage, a greenhouse, a farmhouse, a barn, a milkhouse, a firefighting shed and a machinery shed. The estate was typical of early development in the Barrington Hills area, which mainly consisted of estates and hobby farms that were often inspired by English country life.[2]
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| Location | 125 Buckley Rd., Barrington Hills, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 42°10′20″N 88°10′43″W / 42.17222°N 88.17861°W |
| Area | 112 acres (45 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Rowe, Dillard & Rowe |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000649[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 12, 1987 |
The estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1987.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Hoerner, Joseph M. (December 31, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Grigsby Estate" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.