Residence: Charles Henry Deere aka "Overlook": Library/Music Room
Moline, IL
Images
December, 2022 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from a Deere Family Homes-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1900's - Christmas tree in front of organ (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from a Deere Family Homes-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1890's - Organ console and right-end casework (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from a Deere Family Homes-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1890's - Library with adjacent Music Room to the right. Organ case just visible. (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Seere Family Homes-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
c. 1900 - Residence of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Henry Deere (Overlook) c1880 (Photograph from an archival source: Retro Quad Cities, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2022-07-08 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from a YouTube video. The organ was later electrified by the original builder. -Jeff Scofield
2022-12-13 - It appears that the home was actually in Moline, Illinois. Posted by Retro Quad Cities on Facebook, 15 July 2015:
Perched high on a hill above Moline in 1872, John Deere’s son, Charles Henry Deere built what is now referred to as the Deere-Wiman house for his wife Mary Little Dickinson Deere, and their two daughters, Anna and Katherine. The home was designed by Chicago architect William LeBaron Jenny.
The family named their Swiss Villa style residence Overlook because of its desirable hilltop location above the growing city of Moline, Illinois, and the family business, the John Deere Plow Works.
In the late 1800s, the Deere-Wiman House was originally Victorian in architecture. However, after the fire in 1899 caused extensive damage, its roofline was changed. Major structural changes were made in the living and dining rooms. It was during this repair the home gained the look it has today. The high style gingerbread trim was removed to soften the Victorian look. Twin parlors were combined in one room and later the conservatory behind the dining room was converted into a breakfast room. Stucco was applied to the exterior façade of the home sometime in the 1920s.
Overlook served as home to four generations of Deere descendants. After the death of Mrs. Pattie Southall Wiman in 1976, it was bequeathed to the William Butterworth Memorial Trust . Today, tours of the Deere-Wiman House offer visitors an authentic glimpse into Victorian family life and architectural innovations of the past century. Points of interest include an elevator believed to date from the 1890s, a Kimball pipe organ (c. 1910 - 1920) in the library, and a multi-nozzle spa shower reminiscent of the healing hot spring resort waters popular during the Victorian era. -Paul R. Marchesano
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