Please list date, time, place and name of event. Also include a short description and a contact name, phone and email address. Thank you for making this calendar a success. Tour at 1P.M. followed by 2P.M. tea seating, a 3PM tour will be followed by tea at 4P.M. tea seating. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon at The Great House with a guided house tour followed by a tasty cup of freshly brewed tea and an elegant buffet of savory tea sandwiches, delectable sweets and scones.
Tea is served in the formal Dining Room of the Great House.
Tour dates and times are subject to change please call to confirm that tours are available before visiting Castle Hill. No tours on June 7, July 4, and 5. Views from the house include the famous spruce lined lawn known as the Grand Allee that sweeps majestically to the sea. Designed in the 1920s by architect David Adler, the mansion was the summer residence of Chicago industrialist Richard T. Crane and his family. The house features a library with 17th century woodcarvings by Grinling Gibbons, entire rooms shipped piece by piece from England, and luxurious bathrooms with Italian marble and sterling silver fixtures manufactured by the Crane Company.