John R. Oughton House

Illinois, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The John R. Oughton House, commonly known as The Lodge or the Keeley Estate, is a Victorian mansion in Dwight, Illinois, whose grounds have remained largely unchanged since the structure was relocated and remodeled in 1894–1895. Built by John R. Oughton, a co-founder of the renowned Keeley Institute—an establishment dedicated to treating alcoholism through innovative methods established in 1879—the house served as his residence until his death in 1925, when it became a boarding home for the institute's patients. Today the estate comprises the mansion itself, now a private restaurant since 1978, alongside a carriage house that functions as a public library and a windmill owned by the Village of Dwight, along with a pond. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.