[3] The property is located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, in the Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve.

[5] Later that year the Stevensons had a new home built, and it is the house that stands on the property today.

[6] Stevenson continued to live intermittently at the house throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but was often away due to his political and diplomatic career.

[2] Between 1982 and 2000, the estate served as a day center for the Lake County Health Department.

[4] The estate is owned by the Lake County Forest Preserve District and contains the main house (1938), the service building (1937–39), the tennis court (after 1945), and the barn (1958).

The hip roof is shallow and broadly overhanging, which produces a reminiscence of the American Prairie School.