2014 Summer Newsletter

ummer 2014 2014 Preservation Foundation Awards 2014 Preservation Foundation Awards Photo by CaPPy Johnston INSIDE… TWO SPECIAL USE PROPOSALS CHALLENGE LF’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING CODES. WYLDWOODE: An Unexpected Treasure 2014 Preservation Award Recipient 55 North Mayflower Road Barbara and Barry Carroll weren’t looking for a home when they headed out that fateful day but sometimes a home just has a way of finding you as they went looking for a good deal an antique maybe an undervalued piece of art on their way to an estate sale in Lake Forest hoping to come back with an unexpected treasure and arriving the second day to find everything picked over Barbara disappointed there seemed to be nothing of interest except for one item “I loved the house!” while Barry laughs “We came to the estate sale and bought the estate!” and that was twenty-seven years ago when the Carrolls purchased Wyldwoode the dramatic 1916 French County estate at the northeast corner of Mayflower and Illinois Roads built for Clyde Carr president of Ryerson Steel designed by New York-based architect Harrie T. Lindeberg with landscape by Warren Manning, Lindeberg beginning his career as an associate in McKim Mead & White leaving to form a new firm in 1906 after the death of Stanford White and designing a number of Lake Forest structures between 1910 and the early 1930s including the 1928 Onwentsia clubhouse, unlike formal rigidly symmetrical French manor homes Wyldwoode is fanciful and picturesque a masterful artful ensemble of brick and half-timbered façades with steeply pitched slate roofs and as much a work of art as architecture, with key feature the stunning Oscar Bruno Bach designed metalwork greeting guests at the entry where Bach the German born craftsman famed for decorative metalwork in the first half of the 20th century incorporates zodiac lush scrolling grapevines classical masks and mythological symbols, and the ingenuity of the plan is that it is Y-shaped affording absolute privacy to the garden front to the west and to the east commanding a view of the lake and to the woodland on the south attained by placing the drive approach and gabled entry at an angle and screening it with heavy planting, today the house and its 8 ½-acre site remain perfectly integrated into the mature landscape and the Carrolls’ favorite aspect is being surrounded by natural beauty where “The foliage creates an oasis” and “you are aware of the city around you but you’re surrounded by natural beauty and privacy” with stunning views north over a deep ravine and west over the meadow and “as well as the beauty of the lake” which “has a different look every day” and the house overlooks a broad lawn with a long lake view framed by woods from the ravine on the north side and a garden wall to the south, and compared to another historic home the Carrolls owned the house has been remarkably easy to maintain testament to original construction and craftsmanship with significant projects including rehabilitation and raising 18-inches of the decorative metal archway over the driveway entrance at Mayflower earning a 2009 Preservation Award and restoration of a timber-framed balcony on the east façade earning a 2014 Preservation Award, the balcony whimsical timber-framed rustic feature in keeping with half-timbered Normandy influences and pivotal in family history as four of their children held wedding receptions at Wyldwoode with bouquet tossing from the balcony, cover story continued from page 2 as by 2010 the balcony showed deterioration from water infiltration weakening support structure and rotting balusters and the Carrolls restored every detail with cantilevered steel supports inside boxed beams restored or replaced and a millworker turning new cedar balusters on a lathe to match originals perfectly and now restored the balcony should accommodate another century of bouquet tossing, Wyldwoode remarkable house and landscape with glimpse of the lake and stunning view of ravine and meadow surviving almost uniquely along Mayflower Road spanning distance from street to house with framed lake view east and the estate’s scale its mostly intact Warren Manning landscape of national significance and spectacular essentially unaltered 1916 house by a leading New York architect make it stand out locally and in the region between the two coasts and its survival essentially unchanged while other estates were carved up is tribute to the Carroll family’s long careful stewardship, BarBara and Barry Carroll 2014 Preservation Foundation Awards Owners Project Architect Mr. and Mrs. John Sacco Scott Steightiff and when faced with opportunity to construct a new home on a vacant corner lot at Rose Terrace and Griffith Road Sandi and John Sacco wanted a house reflecting historic influences of Harrie Lindeberg hiring Lake Forest architect Scott Streightiff to create a handsome brick home with country house feel and French influences balanced solid fitting neighborhood scale anchoring western end of Rose Terrace as Stanley Anderson’s 307 Rose Terrace anchors the east end, 276 ROSE TERRACE Infill Owners Mr. and Mrs. Bill Killam and 965 CASTLEGATE COURT Preservation Owners Mr. and Mrs. Bill Killam as this 1930 Colonial Revival home has been graciously maintained by Cheryl and Bill Killam for 15 years preserving original character and beauty outside modernizing interior for 21st century living with unknown original architect but Stanley Anderson remodeling in 1941 and facades a delightful combination of brick and Lannon stone, 941 EAST WESTMINSTER Rehabilitation Owners Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bryzinski Original Architect Holabird & Roche designed built 1889-92 as wedding gift for Henry Nelson Tuttle and Fannie Farwell Tuttle and around 1920 a west wing added probably by Edwin Hill Clark and Ingrid and Brian Bryzinski owners since 1996 restoring house and gardens to 21st century standards with architect Stuart Cohen while maintaining original character, 340 NORTH AHWAHNEE ROAD Rehabilitation Owners Mr. and Mrs. Morando Berrettini Original Architect Chatten & Hammond built 1912 for William Caldwell Niblack with 1928 Stanley Anderson two story addition and owners Sondra and Morando Berrettini rehabilitating entire structure updating interior repairing stucco and slate roof and extensively restoring landscaping, 2014 Preservation F 1522 ESTATE LANE Preservation 1522 ESTATE LANE Preservation Original Architect David Adler 1522 Estate Lane Preservation Owners Mr. and Mrs. Brian Maxwell and originally the “dovecote” of the David Adler designed 1923 Albert Lasker Estate designed to house pigeons and doves and serve as a folly at the terminus of the long garden allee then after subdivision in the 1950s adaptively reused as single-family home and more recently Brian and Joan Maxwell continuing to preserve dovecote renovating interior and expanding sensitively preserving and respecting original structure, Original Architect edwin hill clark Project Architect Owners Mr. and Mrs. John Doheny Landmark Development 815 Barberry Lane 815 BARBERRY LANE Restoration 815 BARBERRY LANE Restoration as Bridgette and John Doheny remodeled their 1927 Edwin Hill Clark designed home retaining John Krasnodebski of Landmark Development to renovate interior and restore exterior elements including original shutters and low masonry walls of driveway forecourt and discovering abandoned gas line to former gas light above front entrance restoring gas line and replacing electric light with handsome gas fixture returning entrance to original character, 750 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD Reconstruction 750 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD Reconstruction Project Architect Melichar Architects Owners The First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest and property at 750 North Sheridan Road owned by the church adjacent to church property originally constructed 1910 with home and garage designed by Richard E. Schmidt of Schmidt Garden & Martin and confronted with dilapidated garage posing safety hazards church hired Melichar Architects to rebuild detached structure reusing original windows where possible reconstructing stucco walls articulation above garage doors and false-thatch wood shingle roof and eave to replicate original design, 60 N WESTERN AVENUE Rehabilitation 60 N WESTERN AVENUE Rehabilitation Owners Mr. and Mrs. William Weber and Bill and Beverly Weber rehabilitating a gardener’s cottage formerly associated with a large Green Bay Road estate completing extensive work including new roof and restoration of original windows and shutters and painstakingly removing layers of paint from wood clapboards revealing original beaded profile hidden for decades, 111 WEST WESTMINSTER Rehabilitation 111 WEST WESTMINSTER Rehabilitationoundation Awards Owners Mr. and Mrs. Liam Connell Project Architect The Poulton Group Original Architect Philip Lippincott Goodwin and Noble Brandon Judah Estate manor house built 1925-1928 as part of 40-acre Green Bay Road estate meticulously restored outstanding French Renaissance Revival with gardens a primary example of 17th century French landscape design and current owners Francesca and Liam Connell with David Poulton renovating kitchen installing interior humidifiers to protect historic wood paneling and pursuing exterior restorations including chimneys windows courtyard elements pergola in keeping with original lost structure repair of masonry walls and limestone coping in formal gardens ongoing along with restoration of landscaping and recognized with Rehabilitation award, Owners The City of Lake Forest Project Coordinator ENTRY GATES & PILLARS TO DEERPATH HILL ESTATES & CASTLEGATE COURT SUBDIVISIONS Restoration ENTRY GATES & PILLARS TO DEERPATH HILL ESTATES & CASTLEGATE COURT SUBDIVISIONS Restoration Jim Opsitnik as Deerpath Hill Estates developed in 1926 by Henry Turnbull with original stone and slate entry gates at Deerpath and King Muir and at Castlegate and Waukegan designed by Stanley Anderson and in late 2011 Jim Opsitnik noticed Mellody Road entrance pillars needed repair and undertook repairs replicating original mortar formula restoring slate roofs catalyzing City and LFPF partnerships sharing costs for gates at Deerpath and King Muir and again in 2013 restoring historic entrance gates to North King Muir at Waukegan and Castlegate funded half by City and half by neighborhood donations and LFPF Annual Fund with Opsitnik overseeing completion as example of public-private partnership, Established in 1991 the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation’s Historic Preservation Awards Program seeks to recognize and honor examples of preservation of local historic properties amenities streetscapes and landscapes exemplifying best efforts contributing to the mission of preserving and protecting the historic visual character of Lake Forest with awards based on Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties relating to Preservation Rehabilitation Restoration Reconstruction and a fifth category Infill considering compatibility of new construction and this year’s awards earned in all five categories of Preservation Rehabilitation Restoration Reconstruction and Infill, Established in 1991 repeated and repeated again with the same standards text and “This year’s awards were earned in all five categories of Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Reconstruction and Infill,” Histories of the properties and descriptions derived by this writer from nomination forms and the research and commentary of Arthur Miller and Stephen Douglass, Two Special Use Proposals Challenge Lake Forest’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code Two Special Use Proposals Challenge Lake Forest’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code Two Special Use Proposals Challenge Lake Forest’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code and two requests for Special Use now before City boards and commissions soon presented for approval/disapproval while LFPF is neither against development nor opposed to Whole Foods and Dunkin Donuts both proposals require significant compromises within planning history that defines Lake Forest including Amberley Woods Conway Market reduce required 150-foot setback with petitioner proposing less than half requirement despite Comprehensive Plan stating future developers shall landscape front 150 feet and Zoning Code Section 46-24 and 46-53.5 requiring consistency with Comprehensive Plan and consideration of natural features development adjacent ingress and egress, demolish rather than adaptively re-use the Miller Estate House with no study to show it cannot be reused despite historic resource assessment concluding it should be preserved rehabilitated integrated and Comprehensive Plan calling for development consistent with adaptive reuse and burden of proof on petitioner reviewed by Historic Preservation Commission and position paper at www.lfpf.org, Dunkin’ Donuts Drive-Thru and Coffee Shop governed by Section 46-53.3 B-4 Preservation Business District designed to preserve unique attributes of historic retail residential and office core with Market Square Depot contributing structure in Lake Forest National Register District and Plan Commission must determine meritorious project materially advances purposes and provides long-term benefits and performance standards for restaurants including air filtration system details and schedule yet plans show none, prohibition on loud speakers yet outdoor order board with speaker, traffic study required and pedestrian pathways separated yet drive-thru line crossing pedestrian walkway to east station entrance and complicated circulation with multiple directional signs, Points to Ponder asking why not step back assess long-range impact whether proposal complies with legislative goals of past 150 years sets precedent irreversible consequences and takes Lake Forest closer to being “just like everywhere else,” 38nd Annual Meeting on April 27th members and friends honored 2014 Award Recipients and enjoyed afternoon at Vallombrosa thanks to Jeffrey Brincat with Vallombrosa’s Courtyard Pauline Mohr and Suzanne Boren honored by Gail Hodges for service accepting award Ingrid and Brian Bryzinski with architect Stuart Cohen learning about history of Vallombrosa classic Edwin Hill Clark designed estate and then repeated 38nd Annual Meeting block again and again, FROM THE PRESIDENT noting since 1976 the Preservation Foundation worked with the City “to protect and preserve the historic visual character of this remarkable community” as Mayor Schoenheider declared National Historic Preservation Month May 5 and today over 1,200 structures landscapes and open spaces deemed historically significant, this issue honoring award recipients and electing new Directors Ingrid Bryzinski Elizabeth Moore and Kent Woloson and inviting Friday Garden Strolls June 13 and August 22 and Annual Architectural House Tour September 27 and stating education mission with Preservation Alert on page 6 about challenges to Comprehensive Plan Zoning Code and history of attention to protecting and preserving visual character, Gail Gail T. Hodges, LAKE FOREST PRESERVATION FOUNDATION 2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Gail T. Hodges President Maureen Grinnell VP Development Allison Derr Arthur H. Miller VP Programs Kristen Chun Secretary Fred Moyer Treasurer DIRECTORS Guy Berg Judy Boggess Stephen Bent Ingrid Bryzinski Peter Coutant Stephen Douglass Jan Gibson Jerry Henry Dennis Johnston Linda Liang Rommy Lopat Elizabeth Moore Alice F. Moulton-Ely Elizabeth Sperry Kent Woloson HONORARY DIRECTORS Herbert Geist Pauline M. Mohr Shirley Paddock Linda A. Shields Lorraine Tweed Sarah Wimmer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Marcy Kerr Lake Forest Preservation Foundation NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 184 LAKE FOREST IL 60045 400 East Illinois Road Lake Forest Illinois 60045 www.lfpf.org ECRWSS Residential Customer Lake Forest IL 60045 Inside… Two Special Use Proposals Challenge LF’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Codes and LFPF program of events including Summer Garden StrollS June 13 5:30-7:30pm Gardens at 900 Craig Bergmann & Paul Klug and August 22 5:30-7:30pm Mathis Garden Toni & David Mathis members $20 guests $30 reservations at www.lfpf.org or call 847-234-1230 plus September 27 Annual Architectural House Tour 2:00-4:00pm October 16 “Owning an Historic Home: Crazy, Sane, or Both?” 7:00-8:30pm December 7 Annual Holiday Celebration 2:00-4:00pm and “We appreciate our Members! Together we can protect the historic visual character of Lake Forest for generations to come. Renew for 2014 or join in our mission at www.LFPF.org LFPF is committed to expanding its endeavors for education, advocacy and funding to preserve local landmarks.” PRESERVATION VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 Newletter Chairman Peter Coutant Contributing Committee Allison Derr Stephen Douglass Jan Gibson Gail Hodges Arthur Miller Photography Contributors Allison Derr Stephen Douglass Cappy Johnston Lake Forest Preservation Foundation 400 East Illinois Road Lake Forest Illinois 60045 www.lfpf.org 2 2 3 3.