All photos courtesy of Conlan Real Estate
HYDE PARK — A mansion Howard Van Doren Shaw designed for the investment banker brother of Sears, Roebuck & Co. founder Julius Rosenwald is for sale for only the second time in 50 years.
The Federal-style mansion at 4924 S. Woodlawn Ave., built for Morris Rosenwald in 1903, is on the market for $3.65 million.
The home was one of Shaw’s collaborations with Jens Jensen, who designed Lincoln Park and laid out all the landscaping surrounding the 10,000-square-foot home and 3,000-square-foot coach house.
The current owners, real estate executive Branson Edwards and his wife, Michelle, have updated the home, but many of the original features remain, including the pearl call buttons for servants and white oak floors.
“The grand foyer even features a statute made by Shaw’s daughter, a highly regarded sculptor, and original limestone walls from the same supply Shaw used in the rectory at the 4th Presbyterian Church on Michigan Avenue,” said Andrew Perkins, the Realtor with Conlon Real Estate that is selling the home. “From top to bottom, it’s an architectural treasure.”
Edwards purchased the home in 2003 for $1.65 million from Dr. Allen Wright, an orthopedic surgeon and the co-founder of one of the country’s first black-owned mortgage companies, who had lived in the home for more than 40 years.
The exterior of the home retains nearly all of the details of Shaw’s original design, but large portions of the interior were updated to suit the Edwards’ taste.
While renovating the house in 2007, Edwards told the Tribune a 17th century London merchant’s house and an eccentric Bavarian palace inspired the updated look.
The home’s three main bedrooms on the second floor all have sitting rooms, en suite bathrooms and a fireplace. There is an additional guest suite, as well as an office and informal living room, on the third floor.
Conlon has written more about the history and the layout of the home on kenwoodvandorenshawestate.com.
Dining porch off the main dining room.
Salon
Foyer with statue by home-designer Howard Van Doren Shaw's daughter
Third-floor living room.
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