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Article: Orphan mansion; Fate of Kettering house uncertain amid development

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The Sun - Homer Township - Lockport - Lemont (IL)
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October 6, 2004
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The Kettering Mansion in Lemont Township is part of an area planned for a housing development. The house, built in the mid-1800s, is vacant.

The pre-Civil War Kettering Mansion in Lemont Township has become an orphan in the ranks of historic buildings that several people would like to adopt, but few have options. The building is owned by Montalbano Builders, which plans to construct a housing development of 251 homes in the area. The property, on Parker Road just north of 143rd Street, was once called Willow Lane Farm. The mansion stands at the end of a long drive lined by willow trees.

The Kettering house was built in the mid-1800s by John Kettering, the grandson of Hans Kettering, who came ...

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