{"nrhp_refnum":"93001240","name":"Lamont, Robert P., House","other_names":["West View Farms"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"810 S. Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Forest","county":"Lake County","state":"IL","lat":42.22377361400004,"lon":-87.85588497599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 26-room Tudor Revival mansion at 810 South Ridge Road in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, built in 1924-25 as the country house of Robert P. Lamont and designed by Lake Forest architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. The nominated area is 7.28 acres of the original 102-acre West View Farms estate.","why_significant":"The house is an intact, personalized Tudor Revival design by Howard Van Doren Shaw, an architect with an established reputation among Chicago's business elite. It is also tied to Robert P. Lamont, president of American Steel Foundries and later Secretary of Commerce under Herbert Hoover. It represents the large country estates built by prominent Chicago businessmen in west Lake Forest.","narrative":"Built in 1924-25 on the west side of Lake Forest, Illinois, this Tudor Revival mansion was the centerpiece of West View Farms, a 102-acre country estate created for Robert P. Lamont. Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the house, which has about 21,000 square feet, 26 main rooms and a servants' wing, red brick walls with limestone trim, and a steep slate roof. Inside, oak panelling said to come from a 17th-century English castle lines the gallery, living room, study and library. Lamont headed American Steel Foundries, then served as Secretary of Commerce under Herbert Hoover, and sold the estate in 1934. The house is significant as a well-preserved example of Shaw's country house work and of the large estates that Chicago business leaders built in Lake Forest. Only about seven acres remain with the house; the rest of the land has been developed, and the original barn and garage have been converted to residences.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Howard Van Doren Shaw","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as having excellent integrity with few alterations; only the kitchen-service area was remodeled, and the house was being carefully rehabilitated and restored at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.117811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/8933/28893324/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/93001240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001240/4dd9c737ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001240/4dd9c737ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_P._Lamont_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:Robert_P._Lamont_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Lamont_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85797514"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/lake-county/lamont-robert-p-house-93001240/"}