Built as a teacher’s residence for the Coonley Estate’s private school, Thorncroft is a classic example of Prairie School architecture. Designed by Drummond in 1910 and completed in 1912, the two-story structure features a low pitched roof with tapered edges, stucco walls, and horizontal wood bands that serve as a sill for an almost continuous band of windows on the second floor. The current owners, who have extensively renovated and restored the structure, received an Olmsted Society award for the restoration of the roof.

The garden features a variety of native plantings and original sculptures by the owner’s sister.