{"nrhp_refnum":"03000918","name":"Stevenson, Adlai E., II, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"25200 N. Saint Mary's Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mettawa","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.22884765600003,"lon":-87.93051943799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-09-18","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2014-04-22","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 40-acre farm district at 25200 North St. Mary's Road in Mettawa (vicinity of Libertyville), Lake County, Illinois, with a 1938 house, a service building, and a tennis court, home of Adlai E. Stevenson II.","why_significant":"The farm was the home Adlai E. Stevenson II returned to throughout his life, including his years as Governor of Illinois and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, until his death in 1965. The nomination also treats the house and service building as notable International Style and Moderne designs by Perkins, Wheeler and Will. The state certified it as nationally significant.","narrative":"Forty acres along the Des Plaines River in Mettawa, near Libertyville, make up the farm that Adlai E. Stevenson II bought from the Northern Trust Company in 1935. He regarded it as home until his death in 1965, returning whenever his public career as Illinois governor and United Nations ambassador allowed. A first house, built of prefabricated steel, burned in January 1938. Perkins, Wheeler and Will then designed a wood-sided replacement on the surviving foundation. It is mainly International Style, with Moderne interiors and Prairie School-like horizontal lines. A U-shaped service building holds a garage, stable, and caretaker's apartment. The farm raised crops, sheep, and a vegetable garden, and a tennis court and river views remain. Later used by the county health department and then the forest preserves, the property retains excellent integrity and was being restored to its Stevenson-era appearance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Perkins, Wheeler and Will (house, 1938, and 1939 service building enlargement); Anderson and Ticknor (original service building, 1937)","architectural_style":"International Style; Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both the house and service building were being rehabilitated under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and restored to their appearance during Stevenson's residency; the county forest preserves took title in 1974 and the house later served as a county health department day center. Integrity is described as excellent.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.236176-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8933/28893386/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/03000918.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000918/e62544a0ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000918/e62544a0ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adlai_E._Stevenson_II_Farm.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:Adlai_E._Stevenson_II_Farm.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893386","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_E._Stevenson_II_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7218017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/stevenson-adlai-e-ii-farm-03000918/"}