Clow House on Green Bay - An Inspired Beginning for Adler and Dangler

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Clow House on Green Bay - An Inspired Beginning for Adler and Dangler

Plate 3, David Adler by Richard Pratt (M. Evans and Co., 1970).

William E. Clow Jr. (1886-1953), c. 1915; Isabelle Mann Clow (1887-1939), photographed at a Chicago fundraiser. Chicago Tribune, December 1920.

William E. Clow Jr. (1886-1953), c. 1915; Isabelle Mann Clow (1887-1939), photographed at a Chicago fundraiser. Chicago Tribune, December 1920.

Image courtesy Griffith, Grant and Lackie Realtors, c. 2017

Image courtesy Griffith, Grant and Lackie Realtors, c. 2017

Back patio and gardens. Image courtesy Griffith, Grant and Lackie Realtors, c. 2017.

Back patio and gardens. Image courtesy Griffith, Grant and Lackie Realtors, c. 2017.

Address: 461 North Green Bay Road, Lake ForestYear built: 1913Architect: David Adler and Henry DanglerOriginal owner: William Ellsworth Clow Jr. and Isabelle Mann ClowVery near downtown Lake Forest, this late-Georgian inspiredhouse is noteworthy for being the first home designed by the firm of Adler andDangler. Much of the home’s original design is intact as well as theexterior color combination of yellow stucco with dark green shutters chosen in1913.A restrained façade puts the focus on the neoclassicalcornice, fanlight and door surround. The interior features a dramaticstaircase, arched doorways and delicate wood moldings.Some of the original garden design has been incorporatedinto the current landscape.In 1927, the Clows would go on to have David Adler design amuch grander Deco masterpiece just one block to the north.