Country House of Character - The Estate of Mr. C. M. Carr

The Estate of Mr. C. M. Carr at Lake Forest, Illinois 

What constitutes the perfect country house? Country Life asked this question of several of the leading architects in New York, and asked them to indicate some country houses which they had designed and which, in their opinion, made them distinctive from other houses. It was to make no difference whether the house were a marble palace at some fashionable watering place or a tiny bungalow in the foothills of the mountains. So long as the architect considered it a good example of a country house and, in his opinion it had character, that was all that we asked. ***1919***

***Below is the selection chosen by Architect Harry T. Lindeberg***

Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill. ***Lake Michigan  at the top***

Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill.

Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill.

Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill.

Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill.

   Mr. C. M. Carr's house at Lake Forest, Ill.         Painted by John Vincent

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