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WILLIAM LE BARON JENNEY HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF THE
CALLED THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN SKYSCRAPER. BUT BEFORE
AMERICAN SKYSCRAPER. BUT BEFORE THAT NOTORIETY, HE DESIGNED
THAT NOTORIETY, HE DESIGNED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THIS ONE
BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THIS ONE FINISHED IN 1872.
FINISHED IN 1872. ALTHOUGH WITH ALL THE ADDITIONS
ALTHOUGH WITH ALL THE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES, MR. JENNEY MIGHT
AND CHANGES, MR. JENNEY MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE RECOGNIZING THE
HAVE TROUBLE RECOGNIZING THE HOUSE TODAY.
HOUSE TODAY. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM.
HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. THAT HOME WHICH STANDS HERE IN
THAT HOME WHICH STANDS HERE IN MOLINE WAS BUILT DURING THE
MOLINE WAS BUILT DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA.
VICTORIAN ERA. BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES,
ADVANCES AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES, IT HAS BEEN GREATLY CHANGED OVER
IT HAS BEEN GREATLY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
THE YEARS. IT WAS BUILT FOR THE PROMINENT
IT WAS BUILT FOR THE PROMINENT INDUSTRIALIST CHARLES DEERE.
INDUSTRIALIST CHARLES DEERE. CHARLES DEERE WAS SON OF THE
CHARLES DEERE WAS SON OF THE FAMED PLOW DESIGNER AND
FAMED PLOW DESIGNER AND MANUFACTURER JOHN DEERE.
MANUFACTURER JOHN DEERE. CHARLES HAS BEEN THRUST INTO THE
CHARLES HAS BEEN THRUST INTO THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMPANY WHEN
FOREFRONT OF THE COMPANY WHEN HIS OLDER BROTHER SUDDENLY
HIS OLDER BROTHER SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY.
PASSED AWAY. AT THE AGE OF 21, HE HELPED
AT THE AGE OF 21, HE HELPED STEER THE COMPANY THROUGH THE
STEER THE COMPANY THROUGH THE DISASTROUS ECONOMIC PANIC OF
DISASTROUS ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1857.
1857. THIS WAS CHARLES DEERE'S LIBRARY
THIS WAS CHARLES DEERE'S LIBRARY AND STUDY.
AND STUDY. HE READ MOSTLY CLASSICS AND
HE READ MOSTLY CLASSICS AND BOOKS ON WORLD HISTORY.
BOOKS ON WORLD HISTORY. JUST IN FRONT OF HIS FIREPLACE
JUST IN FRONT OF HIS FIREPLACE WAS A LARGE DESK WHICH FACED A
WAS A LARGE DESK WHICH FACED A ET IS OF WINDOWS WHICH PROVIDED
ET IS OF WINDOWS WHICH PROVIDED A GREAT VIEW.
A GREAT VIEW. BUILT ON A BLUFF ABOVE THE
BUILT ON A BLUFF ABOVE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, CHARLES AND
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, CHARLES AND HIS WIFE NICKNAMED THE HOUSE
HIS WIFE NICKNAMED THE HOUSE "OVERLOOK."
"OVERLOOK." BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE JUST A VIEW
BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE JUST A VIEW OF THE VALLEY.
OF THE VALLEY. BY STANDING AT THE WINDOW OF HIS
BY STANDING AT THE WINDOW OF HIS DUD I, CHARLES COULD KEEP AN EYE
DUD I, CHARLES COULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE DEERE AND COMPANY PLANT
ON THE DEERE AND COMPANY PLANT WHICH LINED THE RIVER BANK BELOW
WHICH LINED THE RIVER BANK BELOW THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. ORIGINALLY THE ROOM ENDED RIGHT
ORIGINALLY THE ROOM ENDED RIGHT HERE.
HERE. THIS WAS AN OUTSIDE WALL.
THIS WAS AN OUTSIDE WALL. THEN IN ABOUT 1890 WHEN THIS
THEN IN ABOUT 1890 WHEN THIS HOUSE WAS 20 YEARS OLD, THIS
HOUSE WAS 20 YEARS OLD, THIS WING WAS ADDED.
WING WAS ADDED. IT SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE.
IT SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE. FIRST, IT PROVIDED A PRIVATE
FIRST, IT PROVIDED A PRIVATE ENTRANCE OFF THE MAIN HALLWAY
ENTRANCE OFF THE MAIN HALLWAY FOR DEERE'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.
FOR DEERE'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. AND, SECOND, IT WAS A MUSIC
AND, SECOND, IT WAS A MUSIC ROOM.
ROOM. A KIMBALL PIPE ORGAN WAS
A KIMBALL PIPE ORGAN WAS INSTALLED WHICH ALSO HAD A
INSTALLED WHICH ALSO HAD A PLAYER ATTACHMENT.
PLAYER ATTACHMENT. LATER ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS WOULD
LATER ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS WOULD ALSO HAVE A PLAYER ORGAN IN HER
ALSO HAVE A PLAYER ORGAN IN HER HOUSE.
HOUSE. ABOVE IT, TO LET IN MORE LIGHT,
ABOVE IT, TO LET IN MORE LIGHT, IS THIS STAINED GLASS DOME THAT
IS THIS STAINED GLASS DOME THAT CAME IN HANDY DURING THE
CAME IN HANDY DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS IT ALLOWED FOR
HOLIDAYS AS IT ALLOWED FOR TALLER THAN THE CEILING TREE.
TALLER THAN THE CEILING TREE. A NUMBER OF THE DECORATIVE
A NUMBER OF THE DECORATIVE PIECES IN THIS ROOM DATE BACK TO
PIECES IN THIS ROOM DATE BACK TO CHARLES DEERE, INCLUDING THIS
CHARLES DEERE, INCLUDING THIS BUST OF HIS FATHER, JOHN.
BUST OF HIS FATHER, JOHN. IT WAS CARVED IN 1884 BY
IT WAS CARVED IN 1884 BY RENOWNED ARTIST LEONARD WELLS
RENOWNED ARTIST LEONARD WELLS VOLK, JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE JOHN
VOLK, JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE JOHN DEERE DIED.
DEERE DIED. VOLK IS MOSTLY REMEMBERED TODAY
VOLK IS MOSTLY REMEMBERED TODAY FOR HIS LIFE MASK AND HAND CASTS
FOR HIS LIFE MASK AND HAND CASTS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AT THE TIME OF THIS BUST, JOHN
AT THE TIME OF THIS BUST, JOHN DEERE LIVED JUST A COUPLE OF
DEERE LIVED JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY.
BLOCKS AWAY. BUT IT WOULD BE IN H THIS HOUSE
BUT IT WOULD BE IN H THIS HOUSE THAT THREE GENERATIONS OF HIS
THAT THREE GENERATIONS OF HIS DESCENDANTS WOULD RESIDE.
DESCENDANTS WOULD RESIDE. CHARLES AND MARY HAD TWO
CHARLES AND MARY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS.
DAUGHTERS. THE ELDEST MARRIED WILLIAM
THE ELDEST MARRIED WILLIAM WIMAN, AND THEY HAD T SONS.
WIMAN, AND THEY HAD T SONS. ONE BECAME A FAMOUS BROADWAY
ONE BECAME A FAMOUS BROADWAY PRODUCER WHOSE BIGGEST HILT WAS
PRODUCER WHOSE BIGGEST HILT WAS THE "GAY DIVORCE E" THE OTHER,
THE "GAY DIVORCE E" THE OTHER, NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER
NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER BECAME THE PRESIDNT OF DEERE
BECAME THE PRESIDNT OF DEERE AND COMPANY.
AND COMPANY. HIS PORTRAIT ALSO HANGS IN THE
HIS PORTRAIT ALSO HANGS IN THE LIBRARY.
LIBRARY. CHARLES WIMAN SERVED OVERSEAS
CHARLES WIMAN SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR I.
DURING WORLD WAR I. ON TRIP HOME, HE MET HIS FUTURE
ON TRIP HOME, HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE WHO HAD BEEN WITH THE RED
WIFE WHO HAD BEEN WITH THE RED CROSS.
CROSS. IN 1920 THEY WERE MARRIED AND
IN 1920 THEY WERE MARRIED AND MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1872. JUST SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL
JUST SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
WAR. THEN ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER, IT
THEN ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER, IT UNDERWENT A MAJOR REVISION, BUT
UNDERWENT A MAJOR REVISION, BUT IT WASN'T JUST THIS ROOM THAT
IT WASN'T JUST THIS ROOM THAT WAS ENLARGED.
WAS ENLARGED. THIS GRAND LIVING ROOM DIDN'T
THIS GRAND LIVING ROOM DIDN'T EVEN EXIST IN THE ORIGINAL
EVEN EXIST IN THE ORIGINAL PLANS.
PLANS. BACK THEN, A WALL DIVIDED THE
BACK THEN, A WALL DIVIDED THE SPACE INTO TWO SEPARATE ROOMS.
SPACE INTO TWO SEPARATE ROOMS. ONE WAS USE'S AS A LADIES'
ONE WAS USE'S AS A LADIES' PARLOR, AND THE OTHER WAS USED
PARLOR, AND THE OTHER WAS USED BY THE FAMILY.
BY THE FAMILY. NOT ONLY WAS THE WALL REMOVED,
NOT ONLY WAS THE WALL REMOVED, BUT THE AREA WAS PRETTY MUCH
BUT THE AREA WAS PRETTY MUCH GUTTED.
GUTTED. A NEW CEILING WAS ADDED, ALONG
A NEW CEILING WAS ADDED, ALONG WITH NEW WALL COVERINGS AND
WITH NEW WALL COVERINGS AND FLOORING.
FLOORING. PLUS A FIRE PLACE WAS INSTALLED
PLUS A FIRE PLACE WAS INSTALLED ON AN EXTERIOR WALL.
ON AN EXTERIOR WALL. BUT FOR THE WORKMEN, IT INVOLVED
BUT FOR THE WORKMEN, IT INVOLVED FAR MORE THAN JUST THE REMOVAL
FAR MORE THAN JUST THE REMOVAL OF A WALL.
OF A WALL. BECAUSE EMBEDDED IN THAT WALL
BECAUSE EMBEDDED IN THAT WALL WERE TWO FIREPLACES, ONE FOR
WERE TWO FIREPLACES, ONE FOR EACH PARLOR WITH A SHARED
EACH PARLOR WITH A SHARED CHIMNEY THAT WENT UP THREE
CHIMNEY THAT WENT UP THREE FLOORS TO THE ROOF.
FLOORS TO THE ROOF. BUT AFTER ALL THOSE CHANGES, ONE
BUT AFTER ALL THOSE CHANGES, ONE ELEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
ELEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN STILL REMAINED.
STILL REMAINED. ABOVE THE DOORWAYS LEADING INTO
ABOVE THE DOORWAYS LEADING INTO THIS NEW LIVING ROOM ARE THE
THIS NEW LIVING ROOM ARE THE ORIGINAL ARCHED MOLDINGS.
NEXT TO THE REDECORATED LIVING ROOM IS THE MOST ORIGINAL IN
ROOM IS THE MOST ORIGINAL IN APPEARANCE ROOM IN THIS HOUSE.
APPEARANCE ROOM IN THIS HOUSE. IT IS THE DINING ROOM.
IT IS THE DINING ROOM. NOW, REMEMBER THAT THIS HOUSE
NOW, REMEMBER THAT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT DURING THE VICTORIAN
WAS BUILT DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, AND THE I SPUR RATION FOR
ERA, AND THE I SPUR RATION FOR ITS DESIGN CAME FROM NATURE
ITS DESIGN CAME FROM NATURE WHOSE BOUNTY IS PRESENTED AT
WHOSE BOUNTY IS PRESENTED AT THIS TABLE.
THIS TABLE. WALLS ARE COVERED IN CANVAS ON
WALLS ARE COVERED IN CANVAS ON WHICH THE DESIGNS WERE HAND STEN
WHICH THE DESIGNS WERE HAND STEN CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND PAINTED.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND PAINTED. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE FOOD GROUPINGS IN EACH PANEL ARE
FOOD GROUPINGS IN EACH PANEL ARE DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. CARVED INTO THE FURNITURE AND
CARVED INTO THE FURNITURE AND THE FIREPLACE MAN TELL ARE
THE FIREPLACE MAN TELL ARE LEAVES AND VINES EXPANDING THE
LEAVES AND VINES EXPANDING THE MOTIF THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.
MOTIF THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. THE KITCHEN WAS LOCATED IN THE
THE KITCHEN WAS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT KEEPING THE HEAT AND
BASEMENT KEEPING THE HEAT AND NOISE AWAY FROM THE DINERS.
NOISE AWAY FROM THE DINERS. THE FOOD WAS BROUGHT UP FROM THE
THE FOOD WAS BROUGHT UP FROM THE BASEMENT BY A DUMB WAITER LOCATE
BASEMENT BY A DUMB WAITER LOCATE IN THE PANTRY NEXT TO THE DOOR.
IN THE PANTRY NEXT TO THE DOOR. IT IS ESTIMATED WITH THE
IT IS ESTIMATED WITH THE COOKING, HOUSE, GARDENING, THE
COOKING, HOUSE, GARDENING, THE CARRIAGE TASKS THAT THE DOMESTIC
CARRIAGE TASKS THAT THE DOMESTIC STAFF NUMBERED ABOUT 15.
STAFF NUMBERED ABOUT 15. JUST OFF THE BACK WAS A SMALL
JUST OFF THE BACK WAS A SMALL PORCH THAT CHARLES DEERE HAD
PORCH THAT CHARLES DEERE HAD CONVERTED INTO A CONSERVATORY
CONVERTED INTO A CONSERVATORY WITH A GLASS DOME AND EVEN A
WITH A GLASS DOME AND EVEN A SMALL FISH POND SET IN THE
SMALL FISH POND SET IN THE FLOOR.
FLOOR. ITS PLANT LIFE CALLY
ITS PLANT LIFE CALLY COMPLIMENTED THE NATURE MOTIF OF
COMPLIMENTED THE NATURE MOTIF OF THE DINING ROOM.
THE DINING ROOM. ACCESS WAS GAINED THROUGH A
ACCESS WAS GAINED THROUGH A CURTAIN OF BEADS.
CURTAIN OF BEADS. SHORTLY AFTER CHARLES' DEATH,
SHORTLY AFTER CHARLES' DEATH, HIS WIFE HAD THE CONSERVATORY
HIS WIFE HAD THE CONSERVATORY WHICH BY THAT TIME OUT OF
WHICH BY THAT TIME OUT OF FASHION, CONVERTED INTO A
FASHION, CONVERTED INTO A BREAKFAST ROOM.
BREAKFAST ROOM. IT WAS A MUCH MORE INTIMATE
IT WAS A MUCH MORE INTIMATE SPACE THAN THE ORIGINAL DINING
SPACE THAN THE ORIGINAL DINING ROOM.
ROOM. WHAT WAS IS MORE INTERESTING IS
WHAT WAS IS MORE INTERESTING IS THE AGREEMENT MRS. DEERE GOT THE
THE AGREEMENT MRS. DEERE GOT THE CONTRACTORS TO SIGN.
CONTRACTORS TO SIGN. TV STATED ONCE THE PROJECT WAS
TV STATED ONCE THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE, SHE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE
COMPLETE, SHE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHERE THE OLD
TO DISTINGUISH WHERE THE OLD DINING ROOM ENDED AND THE NEW
DINING ROOM ENDED AND THE NEW ADDITION BEGAN.
ADDITION BEGAN. SO NOT ONLY DID THE CONTRACTOR
SO NOT ONLY DID THE CONTRACTOR HAVE TO MATCH THE CEILING AND
HAVE TO MATCH THE CEILING AND THE FLOOR, BUT ALSO THE HAND
THE FLOOR, BUT ALSO THE HAND PAINTED CANVAS WALLS.
PAINTED CANVAS WALLS. THE AGREEMENT STIPULATED IF
THE AGREEMENT STIPULATED IF MRS. DEERE COULD DISTINGUISH THE
MRS. DEERE COULD DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE, THE CONTRACTOR HAD
DIFFERENCE, THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO DO ALL THE WORK AT HIS OWN
TO DO ALL THE WORK AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.
EXPENSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONTRACTORS HAD TO STACK THE
CONTRACTORS HAD TO STACK THE TOOLS AND VERY QUIETLY DISAPPEAR
TOOLS AND VERY QUIETLY DISAPPEAR WITHOUT DISTURBING ANYBODY.
HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR WAS THE MASTER
SECOND FLOOR WAS THE MASTER BEDROOM, THREE GUEST ROOMS, A
BEDROOM, THREE GUEST ROOMS, A SITTING ROOM AND SEVERAL
SITTING ROOM AND SEVERAL BATHROOMS.
BATHROOMS. AS ODD AS IT MAY SEEM, THE
AS ODD AS IT MAY SEEM, THE CHILDREN'S BEDROOM AND SERVANTS
CHILDREN'S BEDROOM AND SERVANTS QUARTERS WERE ON THIRD FLOOR.
QUARTERS WERE ON THIRD FLOOR. THIS WAS ONE OF THE GUEST ROOMED
THIS WAS ONE OF THE GUEST ROOMED AND NICKNAMED "THE ROSE ROOM."
AND NICKNAMED "THE ROSE ROOM." HERE THE BED IS COVERED WITH
HERE THE BED IS COVERED WITH ITALIAN LACE, AND THE AUBUSSON
ITALIAN LACE, AND THE AUBUSSON CARPET CURVES TO FIT THE BAY.
CARPET CURVES TO FIT THE BAY. THE BAY WAS ADDED AT THE SAME
THE BAY WAS ADDED AT THE SAME TIME THE DOWNSTAIRS WALL WAS
TIME THE DOWNSTAIRS WALL WAS REMOVED.
REMOVED. WHAT CAUSED THIS FLURRY OF
WHAT CAUSED THIS FLURRY OF REMODELING?
REMODELING? WELL, THE ANSWER MAY LIE RIGHT
WELL, THE ANSWER MAY LIE RIGHT HERE JUST OFF THE MAIN HALLWAY.
HERE JUST OFF THE MAIN HALLWAY. CHARLES DEERE LOVED NEW
CHARLES DEERE LOVED NEW TECHNOLOGY AND GADGETS.
TECHNOLOGY AND GADGETS. SO HE INSTALLED AN ELEVATOR.
SO HE INSTALLED AN ELEVATOR. WELL, IN 1899, A WATER HEATER ON
WELL, IN 1899, A WATER HEATER ON THE THIRD FLOOR EXPLODED SETTING
THE THIRD FLOOR EXPLODED SETTING THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
THE HOUSE ON FIRE. WILLIAM WIMAN WHO WAS MARRIED TO
WILLIAM WIMAN WHO WAS MARRIED TO CHARLES' DEERE DAUGHTER RAN UP
CHARLES' DEERE DAUGHTER RAN UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR TO ASSIST THE
TO THE THIRD FLOOR TO ASSIST THE FIREMEN.
FIREMEN. ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN THE
ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN THE SMOKE AND CHAOS, HE FELL AGAINST
SMOKE AND CHAOS, HE FELL AGAINST THE GLASS ELEVATOR DOOR WHICH
THE GLASS ELEVATOR DOOR WHICH SHATTERED AND HE PLUMMETED THREE
SHATTERED AND HE PLUMMETED THREE FLOORS DOWN SHAFT.
FLOORS DOWN SHAFT. WIMAN SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN
WIMAN SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES AND HAD SOME INTERNAL
BONES AND HAD SOME INTERNAL BLEEDING.
BLEEDING. BUT FOR AWHILE, THEY THOUGHT HE
BUT FOR AWHILE, THEY THOUGHT HE MAY NOT SURVIVE.
MAY NOT SURVIVE. BUT FORTUNATELY HE MADE A FULL
BUT FORTUNATELY HE MADE A FULL RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. IT WAS THOUGHT RATHER THAN
IT WAS THOUGHT RATHER THAN REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRE.
FIRE. THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD REMODEL
THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD REMODEL AND UPDATE THE ENTIRE HOME WHICH
AND UPDATE THE ENTIRE HOME WHICH CAUSED THE HOUSE TO LOSE SOME OF
CAUSED THE HOUSE TO LOSE SOME OF ITS VICTORIAN FEATURES.
ITS VICTORIAN FEATURES. ONE OF THE ROOMS THE VISITORS
ONE OF THE ROOMS THE VISITORS COMMENT MOST ON IS THIS
COMMENT MOST ON IS THIS BATHROOM.
BATHROOM. WHEN THE HOME WAS BUILT IN 1872,
WHEN THE HOME WAS BUILT IN 1872, IT HAD INDOOR PLUMBING.
IT HAD INDOOR PLUMBING. THIS WAS ONE OF THE THREE
THIS WAS ONE OF THE THREE REMAINING ORIGINAL BATHROOMS.
REMAINING ORIGINAL BATHROOMS. APPEARS PRETTY STANDARD.
APPEARS PRETTY STANDARD. BUR THEN AFTER THE TURN OF THE
BUR THEN AFTER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THIS APPARATUS WAS
CENTURY, THIS APPARATUS WAS ADDED.
ADDED. PRIOR TO THE 19 20'S, SHOWERS
PRIOR TO THE 19 20'S, SHOWERS WERE UNCOMMON IN PRIVATE HOMES
WERE UNCOMMON IN PRIVATE HOMES PARTLY BECAUSE THEY WERE
PARTLY BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL, BUT ALSO
EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SINCE THEY WERE COMMONLY
BECAUSE SINCE THEY WERE COMMONLY FOUND IN GYMNASIUMS AND ATHLETIC
FOUND IN GYMNASIUMS AND ATHLETIC CLUBS, THEY WERE CONSIDERED FOR
CLUBS, THEY WERE CONSIDERED FOR MEN ONLY AND NOT THE DELICATE
MEN ONLY AND NOT THE DELICATE FAIRER SEX.
FAIRER SEX. THIS UNIT, WITH ITS SURROUNDING
THIS UNIT, WITH ITS SURROUNDING RIB CAGE, WAS KNOWN AS A NEEDLE
RIB CAGE, WAS KNOWN AS A NEEDLE SHOWER.
SHOWER. AT THE CENTER ARE THE VALVES FOR
AT THE CENTER ARE THE VALVES FOR MIXING THE WATER, AND
MIXING THE WATER, AND THERMOMETER TO GAUGE THE
THERMOMETER TO GAUGE THE TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. INSIDE THE CAGE, AT STRATEGIC
INSIDE THE CAGE, AT STRATEGIC POSITIONS ARE SHOWER HEADS
POSITIONS ARE SHOWER HEADS DESIGNED TO HIT THE KIDNEY AND
DESIGNED TO HIT THE KIDNEY AND LIVER AREAS.
LIVER AREAS. PLUS THERE ARE SMALL HOLES IN
PLUS THERE ARE SMALL HOLES IN THE TUBE TO EMIT A FINE SPRAY.
THE TUBE TO EMIT A FINE SPRAY. IT IS SORT OF LIKE A MINI SPA.
IT IS SORT OF LIKE A MINI SPA. THE SPRAY IS THOUGHT TO BE GOOD
THE SPRAY IS THOUGHT TO BE GOOD FOR THE SKIN AND CIRCULATORY
FOR THE SKIN AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. SHOWER HEADS MASSAGE THE
SHOWER HEADS MASSAGE THE INTERNAL ORGANS.
INTERNAL ORGANS. AND OVERHEAD IS AN OLD IDEA THAT
AND OVERHEAD IS AN OLD IDEA THAT HAS COME BACK INTO VOGUE, IT IS
HAS COME BACK INTO VOGUE, IT IS CALLED A RAIN SHOWER HEAD.
ACROSS THE GARDEN IS THE CARRIAGE HOUSE WHICH WAS
CARRIAGE HOUSE WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO A GARAGE WHEN THE
CONVERTED TO A GARAGE WHEN THE HORSE LESS CARRIAGE CAME ALONG.
HORSE LESS CARRIAGE CAME ALONG. THE FIRST PICTURE OF A CAR ON
THE FIRST PICTURE OF A CAR ON THIS PROPERTY WAS DATED IN 1906,
THIS PROPERTY WAS DATED IN 1906, AND IT WAS A DEERE CLARK MODEL.
AND IT WAS A DEERE CLARK MODEL. CHARLES WAS A PARTNER IN THE
CHARLES WAS A PARTNER IN THE CLARK AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY IN EAST
CLARK AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY IN EAST MOLINE.
MOLINE. THE UPSTAIRS QUARTERS WERE USED
THE UPSTAIRS QUARTERS WERE USED TO HOUSE SOME OF THE STAFF.
TO HOUSE SOME OF THE STAFF. IN FACT, DURING THE WIMAN TIME,
IN FACT, DURING THE WIMAN TIME, IT WAS THE APARTMENT FOR THEIR
IT WAS THE APARTMENT FOR THEIR BUTLER AND HIS WIFE WHO WAS THE
BUTLER AND HIS WIFE WHO WAS THE HEAD CHEF.
HEAD CHEF. RUNNING UNDER THE GROUND IS A
RUNNING UNDER THE GROUND IS A TUNNEL CONNECTING THE CARRIAGE
TUNNEL CONNECTING THE CARRIAGE HOUSE TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
HOUSE TO THE MAIN HOUSE. THAT TUN TELL PROTECTED THE
THAT TUN TELL PROTECTED THE STAFF FROM THE ELEMENTS.
STAFF FROM THE ELEMENTS. THEM IN 1917 A SECOND TUNNEL WAS
THEM IN 1917 A SECOND TUNNEL WAS ADDED.
ADDED. IT RAN 238 FEET FROM THE WEST
IT RAN 238 FEET FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE DOWN OVER THE
SIDE OF THE HOUSE DOWN OVER THE BLUFFS WHERE IT CONNECTED TO AN
BLUFFS WHERE IT CONNECTED TO AN INDOOR POOL.
INDOOR POOL. IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE
IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE AND IT HAD JUST BEEN PLACED OVER
AND IT HAD JUST BEEN PLACED OVER THE BLUFF SO IT WOULDN'T
THE BLUFF SO IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE VIEW OF THE
INTERFERE WITH THE VIEW OF THE RIVER VALLEY.
RIVER VALLEY. UNFORTUNATELY, BY THE 1980'S,
UNFORTUNATELY, BY THE 1980'S, THE POOL BUILDING HAD TO BE
THE POOL BUILDING HAD TO BE RAZED DUE TO DETERIORATION AND
RAZED DUE TO DETERIORATION AND VANDALISM.
VANDALISM. BUT THIS HOUSE REMAINS, THANKS
BUT THIS HOUSE REMAINS, THANKS TO CHARLES DEERE'S YOUNGEST
TO CHARLES DEERE'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, WHO LIVED ABOUT A
DAUGHTER, WHO LIVED ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY.
BLOCK AWAY. SHE EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED A
SHE EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED A TRUST SO HER HOME AND THIS ONE
TRUST SO HER HOME AND THIS ONE OF HER FATHER WOULD REMAIN
OF HER FATHER WOULD REMAIN OPENED TO THE COMMUNITY AS
OPENED TO THE COMMUNITY AS CULTURAL ART CENTERS.
CULTURAL ART CENTERS. SO THE DEERE-WIMAN HOME IS NOT
SO THE DEERE-WIMAN HOME IS NOT JUST STATIC DISPLAY OF HOW LIFE
JUST STATIC DISPLAY OF HOW LIFE WAS IN ANOTHER TIME, BUT HAS
WAS IN ANOTHER TIME, BUT HAS BECOME A SOCIAL FABRIC OF
BECOME A SOCIAL FABRIC OF MOLINE.
MOLINE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IN THE HOME
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IN THE HOME IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUGGERWORTH ESTATE HOST MEETINGS
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