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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The 21-room home of late moviemaker John Hughes is open for public tours to help fund health programs for underserved children and women.
The Lake Forest Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago is hosting the tours April 25-May 17 at Hughes' former estate, designed by architect Edwin Hill Clark.
The screenwriter, director and producer was known for such films as "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." He died in 2009.
His widow, Nancy Hughes, donated the home to Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, which will put it on the market in June. More than 30 interior and landscape designers helped prepare the home for the tour.
The Infant Welfare Society provides community-based health care for needy children and women who otherwise lack access to basic medical services.
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