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. The house was built in 1925–28 for businessman Harold M. Florsheim, who later became the president of

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architect Ernest Grunsfeld, who went on to design the

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, designed the house in the French Chateau style. The house includes a

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above the entrance, a multi-story three-sided

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s, and a

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broken by

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s. Landscape architect

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designed the house's grounds, making use of a ravine on the property to instill a sense of privacy. The house was added to the

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on September 29, 1982.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Châteauesque architecture in the United States Houses completed in 1928 Highland Park, Illinois {{LakeCountyIL-NRHP-stub