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Kildare–McCormick House
The Kildare–McCormick House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. The highly ornate, Queen Anne-style mansion was built in 1886–87. Its early owners contributed to the development of Huntsville, both through industrial projects and philanthropic efforts. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. History The house was built by industrialist Michael O'Shaugnessey, who had come to Huntsville from Nashville in 1881 with his brother to open a cottonseed oil factory. He also was a member of the North Alabama Improvement Company, which invested in infrastructure and industry and were the main backers of Dallas Mill. O'Shaugnessey built his mansion in 1886 on 71 acres (29 ha), naming it Kildare, after the county in Ireland where he was born. O'Shaugnessey returned to Nashville in 1900, and sold the house to Mary Virginia McCormick, daughter of Cyrus McCormick, another industrial magnate who invented the mechanical reaper. Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Virginia McCormick
Mary Virginia McCormick (May 5, 1861 – May 24, 1941) was a wealthy American philanthropist who donated to humanitarian causes in the United States and Canada in the early twentieth century. She was a member of the McCormick family and had schizophrenia and a reclusive lifestyle. Biography Childhood and adolescence Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 5, 1861, Mary Virginia McCormick was the eldest daughter of Nancy Fowler McCormick, Nancy Maria "Nettie" Fowler McCormick and Cyrus Hall McCormick, the American inventor of the mechanical reaper and industrialist who Organizational_founder, founded the International_Harvester#Founding, McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in 1847. Mary was the couple's second child, born two years after her brother, Cyrus McCormick Jr. In July 1862, she sailed with her family across the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic aboard the to Liverpool, England. She lived with her mother in London while her father toured the United Kingdom, France and Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
