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Cantigny (Wheaton, Ill.)

 Organization

Biography

Former estate of Colonel Robert R. McCormick; approximately 50 acres in Wheaton, Ill.; includes Robert E. McCormick Museum.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert R. McCormick. Illinois properties records

 Collection
Identifier: I-135
Abstract

This series contains material related to two large tracts of land owned by Col. Robert R. McCormick: Cantigny Farm near Wheaton, Illinois, and the "experimental" farm on the Fox River west of Yorkville in Kendall County, Illinois. Most of this material is various maps and plans, but the series includes some related correspondence and other notes, and illustrations of a proposed remodeling of the house at Cantigny.

Dates: 1923 - 1936