Pleasant Home, Illinois, United States
4.5 (35 reviews) Friday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Spent Ranking #7 in Oak Park Historic Sites
Stunning architecture and stained glass by FLW contemporary.
While in Oak Park to visit the restored Unity Temple by FLW we finally decided to visit another Prairie Style house by a contemporary of FLW-George Maher. Much more ornate with stained glass but still in the Prairie Style this was a pleasant (no pun intended) surprise. The staff there were very friendly and enthusiastic. We couldn’t ask for a better way to finish our day in Oak Park. Although we had passed this house a number of times in years past somehow we never found time to visit it. We finally visited it this year and consider it a not to be missed architectural wonder in the area.
Address
217 Home Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302-3101
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Website
http://pleasanthome.org/
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Wednesday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday : 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 23:09
User Ratings
4.5 based on (35 reviews)
Reviews
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5William O 5:00 PM Sep 6, 2014
Aptly named
The Farson-Mills mansion, built in 1897, is a house museum set in Mills Park. The Pleasant Home Foundation works to preserve it and presents year-round tours and educational and cultural programming. The 30-room house and park are also available for conferences, receptions, and weddings. We visited for the last of this summer’s Friday night silent movies, joining dozens on the packed porch for a showing of Harold Lloyd’s 1923 “Safety Last.” The film’s famed stunts – like Lloyd hanging from a skyscraper clock and swinging from a flagpole rope - were wonderfully heightened by an original piano score that Thomas Holmes lyrically, jauntily, and dramatically played through the whole seventy minutes of the show.
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5Tourarchitect 5:00 PM Mar 12, 2014
Great venue for a special event!
This is a truly lovely property designed by noted Prairie School architect George W. Maher. The interiors are richly decorated, with custom furnishings and lighting designed by Maher himself, following his "Motif rhythm" theory. Set in newly landscaped Mills Park, this is a must see for architecture buffs who venture to Oak Park.
