http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/ Discussion Forum for Riverside Illinois en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:45:16 +0000 http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/topic/olmsted-society-housewalk-sunday-noon-to-500#post-6258 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:34:50 +0000 KimJ 6258@http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/ <p>Final numbers are not yet in, but we definitely made a profit!</p> <p>More trees! More trees!</p> <p>We got so much positive feedback. The homes were exceptional and<br /> we were very lucky and honored that the home owners opened them. </p> <p>In addition to the homes we had well over one hundred amazing docent volunteers! It was a fantastic day.</p> <p>Thanks to all that made it happen! </p> http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/topic/olmsted-society-housewalk-sunday-noon-to-500#post-6257 Tue, 20 May 2008 10:19:53 +0000 spatny 6257@http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/ <p>Kim or anybody - how did the Housewalk come out? How many people attended - was it bigger or smaller than last time. Everyone I talked to liked what they saw and enjoyed the day - you guys did a great job - as usual. </p> http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/topic/olmsted-society-housewalk-sunday-noon-to-500#post-6246 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:55 +0000 KimJ 6246@http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/ <p>Get your tickets tomorrow for the discount @<br /> Aunt Diana's or Riverside Library, $35<br /> or<br /> Sunday at Riverside Township Hall for $40!</p> <p>Riverside<br /> Six homes. Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. </p> <p>In 1895, Joseph L. Silsbee designed a house for John F. Palmer, the inventor of the pneumatic tube.</p> <p>"Silsbee also designed the Lincoln Park Conservatory, and he employed Frank Lloyd Wright as an apprentice architect," said Kim Jacobs of the Frederick Law Olmsted Society of Riverside, the sponsor of the event. The three-story residence has elements of Victorian, Tudor and Shingle styles. The family room addition features an Arts &#38; Crafts hearth constructed from the same bricks as the chimney. The reception area of the interior has undergone an extensive restoration.</p> <p>An Arts &#38; Crafts residence on the tour was architect Harold Zook's last commission. The horizontal fieldstone is the work of Italian stonemasons. As the original owner's family grew, those same stonemasons returned to work on the home's expansion. Zook's signature spider web pattern appears on the living room fireplace, and his favorite chevron design is featured on the walls of the den and on the garage door.</p> <p>The Denniston residence was built in 1887 as a replacement for a house that was constructed as part of the original village development in the 1870s, but it was destroyed by fire. The porch, which extends across the full width of the house, has a view of a park designed by Olmsted, a landscape designer.</p> <p>The Thorncroft home was designed by William Drummond in 1910 and completed in 1912, the two-story structure features a low-pitched roof with flat edges, stucco walls and wood bands that serve as a sill for an almost continuous band of windows on the second floor. The current owners have extensively renovated and restored the home.</p> <p>The current owners of a 1922 residence are Arts &#38; Crafts aficionados, and they have filled their home with period antiques and Stickley reproductions. The fireplace mantel, dating from circa 1885, was salvaged from a home in Blackpool, England.</p> <p>A 1915 Craftsman bungalow originally was built as a duplex for income property. Each unit had a living room, dining room, three bedrooms, one bath, a fireplace and a kitchen. In 1994, the structure was converted into a single-family home. The exterior underwent only minor changes, while the interior of the house is essentially a new home built in 1994, surrounded by walls built in 1915. </p> <p>The gardens of the Coonley estate also may be visited on the tour.</p> <p>Tickets for the Riverside Housewalk are $40, $35 in advance. For more information, call the Frederick Law Olmsted Society of Riverside, (708) 442-7906, e-mail <a href="mailto:housewalk@olmstedsociety.org">housewalk@olmstedsociety.org</a>, or visit <a href="http://www.olmstedsociety.org" rel="nofollow">www.olmstedsociety.org</a></p> <p><a href="http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/952500,cover16.article" rel="nofollow">http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/952500,cover16.article</a> </p>