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Chateau-style house built in 1894, once home to a U.S. vice president, open for guided tours.
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Alexandra Colina
10.02.2022
Beautiful space and amazing wedding venue!! We loved working with a Kris who was very flexible and helpful when we made changes. We really appreciated being married on beautiful Evanston and our guests loved this unique venue!
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Max Ng
10.02.2022
Amazing house for Evanston history
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Facundo Ortega
08.21.2022
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Fergie Leung
07.18.2022
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Kelly Daniels
07.13.2022
Absolutely beautiful place. Great tour and knowledgeable tour guide!
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Muhammad Ahmad Rathore
06.23.2022
Its a nice little sort of museum or old house with fanily history. Lady at reception is really nice and welcoming. They charged us 10$ for the house tour. House can be visited in half an hour.
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Sam Gerrits (PureRomance)
12.11.2021
We were there for a private event, not a tour. Nonetheless the staff and volunteers were very wonderful and beyond welcoming.
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Steve Spring
09.03.2021
My family and I happened to be walking by this beautiful house yesterday. As I walked up to read the plaque by the front door it opened and an older gentleman asked if we would like to look inside. He said the last tour for the day was over but we could just walk around a bit. He then proceeded to give my family and I a personal tour of the entire first floor, I can not imagine that the official tour could have been any more informative.
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Robert Janca
07.02.2021
Great source of local history, a must vist
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Leigh Anderson
06.13.2021
They always give such a nice tour. The house is amazing. Dont miss their mothers day event.
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Rene Lopez
11.05.2020
beautiful place
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bobby karlin
11.03.2020
Beautiful historic residence thats now a museum right off of Lake Michigan. Everyone thats works there are the some of the nicest people Ive met.
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Benjamin Sung
03.09.2020
A gem of a place just off the lake. Lots of truly fascinating history, but I was there for a concert with the Evanston Chamber Music Society 👍
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David Kiflu
02.22.2020
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Toni L Campbell
01.27.2020
Beautiful historic building. Lots of rooms and a gorgeous staircase all done with beautiful oak wood. Impressive!
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Dan Quartell
01.12.2020
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Steven Goldman
07.28.2019
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Mindi Newman
05.23.2019
Very interesting
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Stephen Schlickman
05.21.2019
Great venue for small musical performances.
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Diane Dennie
03.27.2019
Beautiful home. Tour guide was friendly and was knowable about the property.
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Peter R.
10.19.2018
Well-maintained house of a former VP with a fascinating history. Very well done exhibits.
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Simon Faliks
10.18.2018
Historical mansion in a beautiful location. Another Gates - most interesting person. Definitely worth stopping by.
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Jen Schaffer
08.04.2018
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S. Watson
08.04.2018
Great Ice cream social
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Rick Slottow
06.13.2018
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Michael Higgins
06.05.2018
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Hailey Petway
06.01.2018
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Brendan Neff
04.05.2018
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susan nussbaum
03.20.2018
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Adam Kruvand
03.08.2018
I walked by for over a decade without knowing who Charles Dawes was. Oops. Some serious history in this house! The house is on par with some of great historic mansions and worth an architectural tour. There is a small exhibit upstairs on the history of Evanston as well. Very interesting. They have a few open house events a year. Worth the visit!
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S P
02.11.2018
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Lance Klein
01.22.2018
Grand old house, but no bedrooms to tour
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Dr Phoenix
12.13.2017
Fascinating house and museum. Beautifully preserved and restored. A rich history presented in tours 5 days a week. Also the home of the Evanston History Center. With the complete history of the city available to read and research. The ballroom is available for special events. A shining bright spot in the city of Evanston across the street from the lakefront.
John
12.03.2017
Amazing detail from the structure itself to the contents within.
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Ben Baer
11.21.2017
Very educational about an interesting Illinois historical figure. The house and furniture itself is very beautiful and worth seeing. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and happy to answer our questions. Lots of good exhibits upstairs as well. Close to the beach and worth a trip.
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Kevin Guertin
11.15.2017
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Sneha Kumari
11.09.2017
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North K
11.04.2017
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Janet Messmer
11.03.2017
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Peter Conover
10.17.2017
Beautiful representation of a bygone opulent era
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Kelli Lalk
06.24.2017
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Patrick Cannon
06.21.2017
A must see Museum. I was lucky to attend a wedding & experience the full grander of this historic mansion.
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Paul Zalmezak
04.01.2017
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J M
12.29.2016
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Wouter Pronk
12.04.2016
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Curt t
12.03.2016
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Katya Livschiz
12.02.2016
The property is beautiful, and they have a 5 dollar tour that goes through the history of the house and lasts an hour. Its also a beautiful place to have your wedding ceremony or pictures taken.
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Paul Smeets
10.18.2016
Beautiful mansion! Went here during the open house architecture days and there were many interesting things on display of Dawes equipment, history on Evanston (Ridgeville), and many other things!
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Geoffrey McGrath
07.24.2016
Nice look at life 100 years ago
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Laura Lefkow-Hynes
02.21.2016
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