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By the early 20th century, Chicago’s most elite sought summer estates along the shaded shores of Lake Geneva—a retreat from city life that epitomized luxury and leisure. In 1905, Bartlett quietly commissioned renowned architect Howard Van Doren Shaw to design a vacation home on the lake’s northern shore. Shaw, a close family friend and one of Chicago’s most notable residential architects, was celebrated for blending European elegance with modern comfort.