Horse & Hound Cemetery- St. James Farm, Warrenville, IL
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N 41° 50.154 W 088° 09.659
16T E 403603 N 4632208
Since the early 1980s, many of Brooks McCormick's beloved competition and companion animals came to rest at the farm's horse and hound cemetery. Five dogs and 17 dressage hunter/jumper horses are buried here.
Waymark Code: WMBZMV
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2011
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St. James Farm was the retreat of the McCormick family, descendants of Cyrus McCormick, who invented the first commercially successful mechanical reaper in 1851 and was co-founder of what would become the McCormick Reaper Works, which would merge with the Deering Harvester Company in 1906 to become the International Harvester Corporation. Chauncey, great-nephew of Cyrus McCormick, and Marion McCormick acquired the initial 203 acres in 1920. In 2000, son Brooks McCormick sold St. James Farm to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, retaining a life estate that gave him the right to live on the property until his death, which occurred in 2006. In July 2007, the Forest Preserve District officially took possession of the property.
To accommodate their interest in horseback riding, the couple built a Colonial-style brick stable with stalls lined with wood and iron posts from England.
The 607-acre St. James Farm Forest Preserve in Warrenville now contains over 100 acres of woodlands, prairies and wetlands, which are home to over 300 native plant species and wildlife like great blue herons, red-bellied woodpeckers, white-breasted nuthatches, coyotes, fox squirrels and white-tailed deer. Agricultural fields border these ecosystems on the north and south. There are many trails to hike or bike, as well as interesting sculptures to view.
St. James Farm is closed December through May.
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