Knollwood is a historic summer estate house on Windmill Hill Road in

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. The large -story "summer cottage" was designed by

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and built in 1899-1900 for banker

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. One of Dublin's major summer estate houses, it was listed on the

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in 1983.

Description and history

Knollwood is located in southeastern Dublin, on the south side of Upper Jaffrey Road at its junction with Snow Hill Road. The main house is located well south of the road, on a cleared plateau with panoramic views of nearby

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and the hills to the south. The house is a -story frame structure, with a hip roof and shingled exterior. Its main section is roughly H-shaped, with a long ell extending to the west, and a porch extending across much of its southern facade. A number of Queen Anne-style chimneys project from the roof. The house was built in 1899-1900 for Chicago banker

, to a design by the Boston firm

. It is an important work of that firm, depicting its transition from the more elaborate Renaissance styles of its early years to include Georgian Revival and more Classical features. While MacVeagh was

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(1909–13), he twice hosted President

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at Knollwood. It was purchased in 1954 by Ernest Henderson, founder of the

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chain.

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