Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm

Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm, also known as Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home is a historic property located in Mettawa, Illinois, which between 1936 and 1965 was home of Adlai Stevenson II, a Democratic politician who was the governor of Illinois between 1949 and 1953, was twice the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the 1950s and served as the US ambassador to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has also been designated a National Historic Landmark.^[3] The property is located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, in the Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve. It currently functions as a museum.^[2]

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