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Henry B. Babson residence
Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie, architects
Riverside, Illinois  [demolished]   1907/1908

With George Elmslie hard at work behind the curtain, Louis Sullivan was architect of the original house built in 1907. As a prosperous nationwide merchant of the popular Edison phonographic machines, Henry B. Babson could afford a large country estate. Following George Elmslie from the Sullivan office to P&E as client, Babson continued to commission changes in his residence as well as furniture, decorations, landscaping, and new service buildings.  Parabiographies entries, texts by Purcell describing the work, are shown under the individual design.

Images
 

Lumiere autochrome, 1914

Detail of Lumiere autochrome, showing sleeping porch

Detail of Lumiere autochrome, showing windows

Front perspective

Front elevation

Side elevation and pool

Hallway

Living room

Electrolier

Skylight panel

Detail, skylight panel

Detail, skylight panel

Detail, skylight panel

Leaded glass panel
 

Texts

Other Resources


"American Renaissance" auction at Sotheby's (December 10, 2005)
Wood grille panel


"American Renaissance" auction at Sotheby's (December 10, 2005)
Area rug

research courtesy mark hammons