Hegeler Carus Mansion
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| General information | |
| Status | Under Restoration |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| Completed | 1876 |
| Owner | Hegeler Carus Foundation |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | William W. Boyington, et al.; Fiedler, A. |
| Main contractor | Edward C. Hegeler |
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| Location | LaSalle, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°20′9.5″N 89°5′13.6″W / 41.335972°N 89.087111°WCoordinates: 41°20′9.5″N 89°5′13.6″W / 41.335972°N 89.087111°W |
| Built | 1874 |
| NRHP Reference # | 95000989 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 9, 1995 |
| Designated NHL | March 29, 2007 |
The Hegeler Carus Mansion, located at 1307 Seventh Street in La Salle, Illinois is one of the Midwest's great Second Empire structures. Completed in 1876 for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in the nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed in 1874 by noted Chicago architect William W. Boyington. The mansion is now owned and operated by the Hegeler Carus Foundation, and is open to the public. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.
Boyington, the architect who designed the mansion, is noted for the Chicago Water Tower, the Joliet State Penitentiary, and for completing the Illinois State Capitol. The interior was done by August Fiedler, who designed a unique parquet floor and hand-painted ceiling for each public room. The mansion, which has seven levels, has 57 rooms with a total of about 16,000 square feet of interior space.
The Hegeler Carus Mansion was initially home to Hegeler, his wife Camilla Hegeler, and their large family. In 1887, Hegeler launched the Open Court Publishing Company to provide a forum for the discussion of philosophy, science and religion, and hired the German scholar Dr. Paul Carus to serve as managing editor. The company was located on the first level of the house. In 1888, Carus married Hegelers’ daughter Mary.
The mansion is where Carus wrote over 70 books, countless articles and served as editor of two scholarly publications, The Open Court and The Monist. Carus invited editorial contributions from the likes of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Leo Tolstoy, F. Max Müller, Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell. Carus hosted a historical meeting of East and West immediately after the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, bringing together eminent Oriental religious scholars. This led to Open Court's publishing program emphasizing classics of eastern religious thought. Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki spent 11 years in La Salle working with Carus on this programme.
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