Mayslake Peabody Estate
Mayslake Peabody Estate | |
| Nearest city | Oak Brook, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′42″N 87°57′38″W / 41.82833°N 87.96056°W |
| Area | 87 acres (35 ha) |
| Built | 1919–1921 |
| Architect | Benjamin Marshall from Marshall and Fox |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000836 |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1994 |
The Mayslake Peabody Estate is an estate constructed as a country home for Francis Stuyvesant Peabody between 1919 and 1922. The estate is located in the western Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, and is now part of the Mayslake Forest Preserve administered by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.
Originally encompassing an area of over 848 acres (343 ha), the estate now contains a total area of 87 acres (35 ha). The entire complex features the Tudor Revival style Mayslake Hall, its retreat wing, and the Portiuncula Chapel, a replica of the Chapel of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. Approximately 22 acres (8.9 ha) of wetlands, lakes, restored prairies and two small oak savannas are included within the 87-acre territory.
On November 8, 1994, Mayslake Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.