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24. Aug. 2020 · Rejecting the limited gender role carved out for her by her father and society, Edith Rockefeller McCormick forged her own path, despite pushback from her family and ultimate financial ruin. Young Edith and her siblings had access to the best educators in the world, but the girls were not taught how to handle the family money; that responsibility was reserved for their younger brother.
Villa Turicum - Exteriors. In 1907 Harold McCormick bought a 260 acre site, including a 70-foot bluff on Lake Michigan in Lake Forest, IL. McCormick hired an architect named Frank Lloyd Wright (b. 1867) to make a design, which was done. However, Wright was dismissed when McCormick s wife, Edith Rockefeller McCormick (the daughter of John D ...
Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872–1937) was an American socialite and opera patron. McCormick was the fourth daughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller ("Cettie") (1839–1915).
11. Dez. 2011 · I just stumbled upon the most wonderful web site dedicated to the legendary Villa Turicum, the Lake Forest estate built for Harold McCormick and his wife, Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The 44-room Italianate villa was constructed between 1908 and 1918. Spurning an altogether different design by Frank Lloyd Wright, the McCormicks turned to Charles Platt, an…
20. Okt. 2023 · Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 August 25, 1932) was an American socialite and opera patron. She was born on August 31, 1872, the fourth daughter of Standard Oil cofounder John Davison Rockefeller and schoolteacher Laura Celestia Cettie Spelman (18391915).
27. Aug. 2020 · Rejecting the limited gender role carved out for her by her father and society, Edith Rockefeller McCormick forged her own path, despite pushback from her family and ultimate financial ruin. Young Edith and her siblings had access to the best educators in the world, but the girls were not taught how to handle the family money; that responsibility was reserved for their younger brother.
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1. Juni 2013 · Villa Turicum, Lake Forest, IL. 50 likes. The lost estate of Edith Rockefeller McCormick; designed by Charles A. Platt in Lake Forest, IL