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[Books] Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921

Blair Kamin’s Sunday column reviews the book Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921 by Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen. Both H. H. Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright homes made the book, along with 31 other, slightly more traditional homes.

Billed as the first authoritative study of Chicago’s mansions, the book sheds new light on a spectacular cache […]