“Although the house was a mess,” says architect John Eifler, “the layout and many key elements were intact. The enormous window and several eyebrow windows remained. Much of the wood needed replacement, but original glass survived. We found boxes of tiles ….”
HEN, IN 1927, William Day Gates built his retirement home, in Crystal Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, he aptly named it “Trails End.” Gates, the founder and president of the American Terra Cotta
