Morton Manor West Chicago

Update: This issue was resolved quite some time ago.

To anyone messaging this page or commenting on my posts, (please read my last post) I am unable to reply to messages and unable to reply to comments, thanks to a bizarre restriction Facebook has implemented.
I will try to address any questions in a new post so everyone can see.
As of right now I do not have any plans to make a new page for Morton Manor on any other site. If there is enough interest from people reading this I may reconsider. Please comment below what your thoughts on this are.
Thanks!

I want to announce that Facebook has restricted my account without warning or notice as to any reason why. My attempts to contact Facebook have been fruitless and at this point I don't expect them to reply or explain why they took this action.

The restriction seems to be only that I cannot comment on any of my pages posts, cannot reply to any comments and cannot message any pages or reply to messages sent to my pages.

This effectively makes Facebook not worth keeping as a platform for my pages. As a result I will be shutting down this page.

This is unfortunate as I know a lot of people have come to this page to learn about Morton Manor and I've gotten a lot of nice comments from several of you.

Interesting. I did not know there was another Morton Estate in IL other than Morton Arboretum.

Lake Forest’s historic Morton Salt estate lists for $7.9M The slow-to-sell mansion has seen its price widely fluctuate for the better part of a decade

Did you know that Arbor Day was founded by J. Sterling Morton, father of Mark Morton who built the Morton Manor?

Arbor Day Foundation

Back of the Manor leading into the back foyer. I found it magical when I moved in in 1994.

Fabulous entrance to the manor.

One of the most beautiful photos I took of the manor in springtime.

A view of the guest house as a friend helped me install a very large veggie garden in 2003.

An article about Morton Manor from 2002.

Morton Manor teeters on brink of destruction But some question whether it's worth saving

by Diana Wallace Daily Herald Staff Writer

Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Its occupants have included a country gentleman from a prominent family and a wealthy financier-turned-Biblical-prophecy author.
Its grounds have been roamed by camels and ostriches and, to this day, house a large family of elk and deer.
People used to say it was haunted.
But does any of that make Morton Manor worth saving?
For decades, the 1930s-era, Georgian-style mansion off North Avenue between Carol Stream and West Chicago has been something of a curiosity to passers-by and local history buffs.
Built by Mark Morton of the Morton Salt Company family and brother of the Morton Arboretum founder, the house has had an uneven history at best: It's been vacant for years on end, was once a nursing home and has at times been in serious disrepair.
Recently, it was owned by the late Robert Van Kampen, who made millions in investment banking before becoming a leading conservative Christian, founding a church in Michigan and authoring several end-of-the-world books, including "The Sign" and "The Rapture Question Answered."
Now the mansion teeters between renovation and demolition.
Christianity Today International, a Carol Stream-based Christian publishing group, wants to move its offices to the manor property, renovate the house and use it as a meeting place for "leading thinkers in the area of evangelical issues," said Executive Vice President Kenneth Flanigan.
But Christianity Today was dealt a setback earlier this month when DuPage County zoning officials rejected the idea.
If the county board doesn't overturn that decision, Flanigan warns that Morton Manor will be torn down by its current owner, Wheaton-based real estate developer and builder Joe Keim.
"If the county says to CTI, 'No,' Keim isn't going to wait too many weeks until he tears it down forever," Flanigan said. "It would be devastating to see that structure not be saved. We're willing to spend the money to do that."

Found this article regarding the renovation of Morton Manor in the 80's.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-09-01/news/8502270695_1_designer-showcase-interior-designers-morton-salt

The Morton Manor Gets A Facelift For Showcase The 19-room mansion built by the Morton family of Morton Salt fame will be redone inside and out for the 1985 Designer Showcase sponsored by the Central DuPage Hospital Auxiliary Sept. 28-Oct....

The Morton property was home to wildlife including this Great Blue Heron.