Summer Social 2025 at the Rockwell House

Join Docomomo US/Chicago to celebrate the end of summer at one of Chicagoland’s unique modern residences, the Rockwell house, located in the south suburb of Olympia Fields.

Designed in 1964, by architect H.P. Davis ‘Deever’ Rockwell, a student of Mies van der Rohe. Strikingly situated on 2.5 forested acres at the top of a steep bluff, the house’s heroic concrete plinth and imposing concrete columns appear to “rise up” out of the earth overlooking a creek below. The upper-level glass pavilion is composed entirely of glass curtain walls framed by thin steel mullions. The house has a “floating” flat cement roof supported by just four monolithic exterior tapered concrete columns.

Join us for lunch and drinks outdoors followed by tours of the house by the proud homeowners.

If you are not a member, you can join HERE. Your membership helps support Docomomo's nationwide mission to celebrate and preserve modern architecture and design.

Olympia Fields is accessible by car or train: accessed via I-94 Dan Ryan to I-57 expressway or served by the Metra ME line service from Millenium Station. The Rockwell House is located approximately 1.3 mile walk from the Olympia Fields or 211st Metra stations. If you'll be arriving by Metra and need a ride to/from the house, please email aW5mbyB8IGRvY29tb21vLWNoaWNhZ28gISBvcmc= and we'll be happy to coordinate a pickup.

Event Details:

Where: Rockwell House, Olympia Fields, IL (exact address provided after registration)

When: Sunday, August 24th, 12 – 4 pm

What: Lunch (BBQ, vegetables, sides, beverages), tours, socializing

Cost:

Ticket type 1: (Single) Docomomo US members: Free

Ticket type 2: (Double) Docomomo US member + 1 guest: $10.00

RSVP required by Tuesday, August 19th.

Photo: The Rockwell House, from Julius Shulman: Chicago Midcentury Modernism (2010). Brenner-Danforth- Rockwell, architects. Image: Julius Shulman