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The Mayslake Peabody Estate was constructed between 1919 and 1922 as a country home for the wealthy coal baron Francis Stuyvesant Peabody. The estate is located in the western Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois and is now part of the Mayslake Forest Preserve, which is administered by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

Originally encompassing an area of more than 848 acres (3.4 km²), the estate now contains a total area of 87 acres (0.4 km²). The entire complex features the Tudor Revival style Mayslake Hall, its Franciscan retreat wing, and the Portiuncula Chapel, a replica of the Chapel of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. Approximately 22 acres (0.1 km²) of wetlands, lakes, restored prairies and two small oak savannas are included within the 87 acre (0.4 km²) territory.

After Francis Peabody's death, his family did not wish to reside at the estate, and on March 28, 1924, the estate was sold to the Franciscan Order for a total of $450,000.

After Peabody's death in 1922, the Portiuncula Chapel, a replica of the Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy, was added to the property in memory of him. Completed in 1926, the chapel was one of the first replicas of the original chapel in the United States.

Beginning in 1925, the Franciscans used Mayslake Hall as a retreat house. Behind the chapel, a semi-circular memorial wall surrounding a flower and herb garden, was constructed by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor.

In 1927, the St. Joseph Seminary was added to the complex, but was later demolished. In 1951, an additional wing was added to the country house (now known as the retreat wing). St. Paschal's Friary was built on the estate between 1952 and 1964. The Friary was demolished in 2011. During the 1930s and 1970s, the Franciscans sold large portions of the estate.

On November 8, 1994, Mayslake Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia with edits)

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