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The Harold McCormicks’ country house was the ornate—but little used—Villa Turicum, a Lake Forest estate designed by Charles Adams Platt, a scholar of formal Italian Renaissance gardens and greatly esteemed New York architect. Charles Adams Platt. Edith is thought to have slept in the lavish estate one night; Harold probably not at all.
Dec 11, 2011 · A Long-Gone Treasure: Villa Turicum. I just stumbled upon the most wonderful web site dedicated to the legendary Villa Turicum, the Lake Forest estate built for Harold McCormick and his wife, Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The 44-room Italianate villa was constructed between 1908 and 1918.
Nov 17, 2014 · The North Shore home of McCormick and his wife Harriet was known as Walden, the name inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, detailing his two years of simple living amidst natural surroundings at Walden Pond. Although the McCormicks embraced the idea of “simple” living, their property encompassed more than 100 acres, and was generally regarded as the finest landscaped estate in all of ...
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Harold Fowler McCormick with his first wife Edith Rockefeller McCormick.
Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 – August 25, 1932) was an American socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. She and her husband Harold Fowler McCormick were prominent in Chicago society, supporting many causes, including the city's first opera company. After being treated for depression by Jung, she ...
However, Mrs. McCormick was said to have spent perhaps one night in the home. Left to decay after Mrs. McCormick’s death, the villa was a victim of the wrecking ball in 1956. The web site, a glorious tribute to a masterpiece, is here. Just one photo, and the web site will show you the rest.
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Mar 17, 2003 · Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, yesterday was granted a divorce from her husband, Harold F. McCormick, president of the International Harvester company. Desertion was the charge made by his wife, admitted by the husband, and substantiated at a hearing in the Superior court by Mrs. McCormick herself and two servants.
