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The Cordenio Severance House is a mansion in
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, United States, built for attorney
Cordenio Severance Cordenio Arnold Severance (1862–1925) was an American lawyer from Minnesota. He co-founded the American Law Institute and served as president of the American Bar Association. His wife, known as Mrs. Cordenio A. Severance published the book ''I ...
(1862–1925). The mansion, also known as Cedarhurst, was first built as a simple country farm house shortly after the
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. It was expanded in 1886 to serve as the summer residence of the Severance family. Between 1911 and 1917, additions designed by architect
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expanded the house into a mansion with and 26 rooms. The Cordenio Severance House was listed on the
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in 1976 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and law. It was nominated for its association with Cordenio Severance, a leading attorney in
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, from 1887 to the 1920s, and for being an example of a grand country estate. The mansion now serves as an event venue.


Description

The Cordenio Severance House has two Neoclassical columned
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s, a
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, a formal ballroom with a pipe organ, three fireplaces, and an English rose garden.


History

Cordenio Severance was well-connected politically. Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl ...
,
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...
,
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...
, and
William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...
all visited the mansion, and
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meetings were once held in the library. The mansion also hosted international policy meetings. The house is now owned by True Thao and his family. They have restored the mansion, which hosts weddings, receptions, and business meetings.


See also

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Cedarhurst Mansion
{{DEFAULTSORT:Severance, Cordenio, House Cass Gilbert buildings Houses completed in 1917 Houses in Washington County, Minnesota Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Italianate architecture in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Minnesota Neoclassical architecture in Minnesota