Happy New Year!
The Hegeler Carus Mansion La Salle, IL Some call it "The Biltmore of the Midwest." |
ļ»æI will start going places other than work, and I will write about them. Maybe this won't happen every weekend like when I first started writing, but more than once every six months.
This blog was intended to be the accountability piece that forced me to take time away from work and home.
Just over two years ago, I landed my dream job. I work as the Executive Director of the Hegeler Carus Foundation. We are preserving and restoring The Hegeler Carus Mansion, a National Historic Landmark, in La Salle, IL. I have always been fascinated with history, old houses and the stories of the people who live in them. I am so fortunate to work in my hometown. My commute to the Mansion is less than four minutes, unless the stoplight is red or I stop at The Bean Box for a coffee-which I usually do. The trouble is, my work is so interesting and fulfilling that I find it hard to take time off. Our staff and volunteers worked hard in 2012 and it shows! If you haven't been to the Mansion lately, come for a visit!
Today I will write about how my obsession with houses began.
This portrait of Juliette Gordon Low started it all. |
A private historic home on Lake Geneva, WI |
The Biltmore Asheville, NC |
Many weekends over the years have been spent wandering and road tripping-often right in my own back yard.
After visiting The Biltmore in Asheville, NC last October, I have made it a goal to see more historic homes from all over. I hope to share these wonderful places with you this year. Stay tuned!
Please tell me why some photos of the Mansion have the staircase outside with a covered porch, and others have a taller tower in the center with no stairs. Front and back?
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