Von KleinSmid Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name = Von KleinSmid Mansion

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location = Sandwich, Illinois, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
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lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 38
lat_seconds = 49
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 13
long_direction = W
built = 1878
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added = May 9, 1985 [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm NRIS Database] , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Oct. 2006.]
refnum=85000979
governing_body = Private Ownership

The von KleinSmid Mansion was built for the von KleinSmid family of the DeKalb County city of Sandwich, Illinois in the mid-nineteenth century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building is located on Sandwich's West Center Street, and is under private ownership. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/De+Kalb/state.html. National Register of Historical Places ] ] It was the childhood home of Rufus B. von KleinSmid, former President and Chancellor of the University of Southern California [http://cwis.usc.edu/about/history/vonkleinsmid_era.html.]

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