{"nrhp_refnum":"00001339","name":"Ely, Mrs. C. Morse, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"111 Moffett Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Bluff","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.27176799500006,"lon":-87.83252456699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19-room, L-shaped French Renaissance Revival mansion at 111 Moffett Road in Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois, designed by architect David Adler and built in 1923 as a country home for Mrs. C. Morse Ely. The nominated 5.87 acres include the forecourt, garage court, part of the mall with its U-shaped pool and remnants of formal gardens.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of David Adler's work, modeled on the Louis XV Pavillon de la Lanterne at Versailles. It retains excellent integrity, with no compromising changes to historic spaces or features. It also represents the era of large country estates built on Chicago's North Shore, where Adler designed many of his major houses.","narrative":"Built in 1923 on the east side of Moffett Road in Lake Bluff, Illinois, this L-shaped brick mansion was designed by architect David Adler for Mrs. C. Morse Ely, a woman living alone with many servants. Adler based the design on La Lanterne, a Louis XV pavilion in the park of Versailles. The house has 19 rooms, cream-colored tapestry brick, limestone detailing, a wood shingle hip roof, and a Doric-columned sun porch. A symmetrical forecourt provides the formal approach. The original estate covered 17 acres with two gate houses, an orangerie and axial gardens; the nominated portion is 5.87 acres that retain enough integrity to set off the house. A north service wing was moved west in the early 1950s, yet the public rooms, floor plan and historic features remain unaltered. The house reflects Adler's work for wealthy clients on Chicago's North Shore, and later owners have carefully restored it.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"David Adler (architect)","architectural_style":"French Renaissance (French Renaissance Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling with garden, rehabilitated and restored by the current owners; the north service wing was removed and relocated in the early 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.276411-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/8933/28893306/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/00001339.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001339/5fb5370370-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001339/5fb5370370-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrs._C._Morse_Ely_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrs._C._Morse_Ely_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893306","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._C._Morse_Ely_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86753451"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/ely-mrs-c-morse-house-00001339/"}