Rookwoods, c. 2000. The property has been subdivided and the entrance is now from Ashlawn Drive.
Rookwoods: Helen Culver Estate
Making It Home
Entrance to Rookwoods, looking west from Waukegan Road.
Year built: 1899
Architect: Pond & Pond
Original owner: Helen Culver
Helen Culver purchased 40 acres on Waukegan Road from the McGlennin family in 1899, making her one of the first estate owners west of the Skokie, before the Armours popularized the area. The irregular red-brick mansion, in the English Arts and Crafts style, overlooks the prairie to the west. Culver’s nephew Charles Hull Ewing was the second owner.
Architect: Pond & Pond
Original owner: Helen Culver
Helen Culver purchased 40 acres on Waukegan Road from the McGlennin family in 1899, making her one of the first estate owners west of the Skokie, before the Armours popularized the area. The irregular red-brick mansion, in the English Arts and Crafts style, overlooks the prairie to the west. Culver’s nephew Charles Hull Ewing was the second owner.