Historic Photo |
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As it looks today |
Welcome
to
Historic
Pleasant Home
A National
Historic Landmark
in Oak
Park, Illinois
A Distinctive
Prairie Style House
Located at
217 Home
(corner
of Pleasant and Home Streets)
Historic Photo |
|
As it looks today |
Click
here to view a slide show of photographer
Darris Lee Harris pictures of Pleasant
Home
taken August, 2007
| Explore this opulent 30-room mansion designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie-school architect George W. Maher. Find out what is happening at the Pleasant Home Foundation; become a member today to help support the maintenance and restoration of this landmark; find out when the Pleasant Home is open for touring; contact us for more information; or just join us for an online excursion through this wonderful Oak Park Treasure! |
| The Pleasant
Home, also known as the John Farson House, is located in the heart
of Oak Park, Illinois, one of the nation's most architecturally significant
villages, Pleasant Home is an architectural treasure designed in 1897 by
noted Prairie Style architect George
W. Maher for investment banker and philanthropist John W. Farson.
Pleasant Home is one of the earliest and most distinguished examples of the Prairie School of architecture. Pleasant Home is a National Historic Landmark. Pleasant Home is on the free Oak Park shuttle bus line |
The Pleasant Home Foundation,
established as a non-profit organization in 1990, is dedicated to preserving
and restoring this 30-room architectural jewel. The Foundation strives
to create a home which is a dynamic museum, a lasting tribute to Maher.
Pleasant Home will provide exciting opportunities to learn about the history
and architecture of the early 20th century expressed through the lives
of the Farson and Mills families, the home's early owners, and architect
George W. Maher.
The Foundation further seeks to document, interpret, and preserve important historical facets of Oak Park social and cultural life during the first quarter of the 20th century, especially as documented in the lives of the Farson and Mills families. |
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| Board of Directors |
| Frank Heitzman, President, Oak Park, Illinois |
| John Hedges, Past President, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Charles Pipal, AIA, Vice-President, Riverside, Illinois |
| Jack Strand, Treasurer, Oak Park, Illinois |
| David Kindler, Secretary, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Gary Balling, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Jessica Bullock, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Kathleen Cummings, Chicago, Illinois |
| Catherine Deam, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Judy Demetriou, Evanston, Illinois |
| Nora Flint, LaGrange, Illinois |
| Nancy Hines, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Werner Huget, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Michael Iversen, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Nancy Norton, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Mia Rubenstein, Lisle, Illinois |
| Werner Sabo, FAIA, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Melanie Scofield, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Carol Yetken, Oak Park, Illinois |
Need more information? Contact Laura
Thompson, Executive Director
Pleasant Home Foundation, 217 Home
Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60302
Phone: (708) 383-2654; Email: mahergw@sbcglobal.net
Great Links:
http://www.tourismcares.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Home
http://www.houseblogs.net/
http://www.tinybungalow.blogspot.com/
http://www.chicagobungalow.org
If you sign up to shop for virtually anything through www.shopformuseums.com each purchase you make online will bring a small but important donation to help Pleasant Home's mission at no cost to you! Please register and shop through this site.
Click here for information on the Irving Park Housewalk, September 20, 2008
Click Here to view the Violana Virtuoso and play some songs
Click Here to view the restoration priority list and cost estimate