Museum
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Gilded Age marble mansion with hand-carved oak-leaf and acorn woodwork throughout its rooms.
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Location
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About this audio guide
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago fills a Gilded Age mansion with hand-carved oak leaves and acorns, tucked into fireplaces, wall panels and the base of the grand staircase. The guide follows the story to William Fiedler, a Prussian immigrant woodcarver new to Chicago, and the German folklore he carried with him, before turning to banker Samuel Nickerson, who built this marble-heavy house nicknamed the Marble Palace. Watch for the smallest carvings near the staircase, easy to walk past.
This audio guide was created using AI.