Adlai Stevenson House
Historic house in Illinois, United States in Mettawa, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 2003, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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. Between 1936 and his death it was the home of Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965), a Democratic politician who was the governor of Illinois between 1949 and 1953, was twice the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the 1952 and 1956 elections, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination again in 1960, losing to Senator John F. Kennedy. Stevenson served as the US ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in July 1965. He was America's UN Ambassador during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has also been designated a National Historic Landmark. The property is located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, in the Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve. It currently functions as a museum.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 25200 N. Saint Mary's Rd., Mettawa vicinity, IL |
| County | Lake County |
| Listed | Sep 18, 2003 |
| Reference number | 03000918 |
| Type of place | building, farm |
| Style | International Style, Moderne architecture |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings, 1 structures, 1 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 25200 N. Saint Mary's Rd., Mettawa, IL |
| Coordinates | 42.22885, -87.93052 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 40 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 03000918. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.