Please note: Mayslake Peabody Estate is closed for renovation until summer 2023. Watch for reopening details in the spring!

Mayslake Peabody Estate

Visitors can experience the grandeur of Mayslake Hall by joining a restoration-in-progress tour or attending one of several educational and cultural programs that take place at the estate throughout the year.

Mayslake Hall
In 1919, Francis Stuyvesant Peabody commissioned renowned Chicago architect Benjamin Marshall to design the Tudor Revival-style mansion known today as Mayslake Hall. The hall magnified the medieval traditions of the early 16th-century English design that descended from the Tudors.

After his death in 1922, Peabody’s family sold the estate to the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart, Order of Friars Minor, and the hall became a retreat house. Over time, the order sold sections of the estate, selling its last remaining acres, including Mayslake Hall and a friary and chapel, to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in 1993.

Today, the Forest Preserve District is working to restore Mayslake Hall, now a registered national historic landmark and well known as a cultural and educational center. The hall currently serves as a venue for architectural tours, lectures and artistic performances throughout the year. Sections of the hall are also available on a limited basis for private functions; for rental information, contact the Mayslake Peabody Estate events coordinator at 630-206-9569 or sbrookes@dupageforest.org.

Portiuncula Chapel
The Portiuncula Chapel is a replica of the original in Assisi, Italy, which is named for the “little portion” of land where St. Francis of Assisi received his call to serve the poor.

After Peabody’s death in 1922, his family commissioned the Franciscans to build the chapel on the south side of Mays’ Lake as a memorial to the late industrialist. The order moved the chapel to its current location in 1973.

The nondenominational chapel is available for weddings, baptisms, memorial services and other special ceremonies. For rental information, contact the Mayslake Peabody Estate events coordinator at 630-206-9569 or sbrookes@dupageforest.org.

Driving Directions
The main entrance is at 1717 West 31st Street in Oak Brook.