David Adler Estate

  • Also Known As: David Adler Cultural Center
  • Also Known As: David Adlers Libertyville Home

  • Address: 1700 N Milwaukee Ave
  • Hours: M-Th 9am-9pm, Sat 9am-2pm, Closed Friday and Sunday
  • Phone: 847-367-0707
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District
  • Available for private functions

David Adler Music and Arts Center

David Adler Estate was the home of notable American architect David Adler and his wife Katherine in Libertyville, Illinois. Now operated as the David Adler Music and Arts Center, Mrs Adler was promising novelist Katherine Keith Adler. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1864/00/00 Original farmhouse is built
1918/00/00 Katherine Keith Adler Home Katherine Keith and David Adler buy a farm at the north end of Libertyville
1919/00/00 David Adler Architect David Adler enlarges his farmhouse, adds a servant's cottage and a writing gazebo for his wife
1930/05/25 Katherine Keith Adler Died Katherine Adler dies in a car accident in Evreux, France. She was fatally injured when their Packard stuck a tree while they were driving from La Havre to Paris. David Adler was injured slightly. Mr Adler placed her ashes in an obelisk at their estate.
1930/05/25 David Adler Survivor Katherine Adler dies in a car accident in Evreux, France. She was fatally injured when their Packard stuck a tree while they were driving from La Havre to Paris. David Adler was injured slightly. Mr Adler placed her ashes in an obelisk at their estate.
1949/09/27 David Adler Died David Adler dies peacefully at home in his sleep.

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Particulars for David Adler Estate:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Landscape Architecture Garden
Sight Category Historic District
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Criteria Person
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 22nd November 1999

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Adler, David, Estate
Registry Address: 1700 N Milwaukee Ave.
Registry Number: 99001380
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Adler, David
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Classical revival
Area in Acres: 11
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1918, 1926, 1934
Associated People: Adler, David
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure, Garden
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum Outdoor recreation

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