Von KleinSmid Mansion

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The Von KleinSmid Mansion was built for the von KleinSmid family of Sandwich, Illinois in the mid-nineteenth century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 (Building #85000979, De Kalb County)[1]

The building is located at 218 West Center Street, and is under private ownership[2]

It was the childhood home of Rufus B. von KleinSmid, former President and Chancellor of the University of Southern California [3]


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/De+Kalb/state.html
  2. ^ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/De+Kalb/state.html.
  3. ^ http://cwis.usc.edu/about/history/vonkleinsmid_era.html.