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Pat Leonard
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The
"New" Hotel Leonard
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The Property
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Crystal
Lake, Illinois
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Homepage
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This magnificant victorian structure,
with three full floors and an attic, sat gracefully on the shores of Crystal
Lake, Illinois for a short 24 years. To view it's history and more photographs,
please use either timeline link above. One tracks the life of its final
owner (and my great-grandfather), Pat Leonard, and the other tracks the
property itself...
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Known as the "new" Leonard Hotel, this beautiful home was built in the 1890's by a Chicago doctor for $15,000. Pat Leonard purchased this Victorian home in 1908. The building on the left behind the hotel is still standing on Leonard Parkway. (Here is another excellent view of the home from West Street) (Photo from a post card.) |
View of the "new" Leonard Hotel taken from
West Street (now Lakeshore Drive) facing north . This driveway would
approximate where Leonard Parkway is today. Note the breeze way on the
right side of the house. |
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This view, taken from the lake, shows the great size and majesty of the building. The porch runs the length of the home... my estimate is 80 or 100 feet. (Photo from family album.) (Additional View from Crystal Lake) |
A different angle from West street. Here,
a wrought iron fence
provides a buffer from the street. (Photo from family album) (Additional View from West Street) |
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"View from the Veranda, Hotel Leonard" |
Sunset on Crystal Lake, Ill
Scene at Marlboro Hotel (Larger View) This card is post marked in 1931 -- some 14 years after the "new" Hotel Leonard burnt to the ground. The Marlboro Hotel eventually became known as Leonard Manor to the post office and the Leonard Family. The home stands today (2002) at the end of Leonard Parkway. On the corner of the lot, the base to the stone entrance (shown in the post card above) remains. |
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