Sidley Mansion 2600 Washington Avenue

Sidley mansion in Racine is passing — gold leaf and all. Owner lived in regal style.
This clipping is from Edward Joseph Huck.
1925 Racine City Directory
Sidley John S (Mabel) sec Horlick’s Malted Milk Co h2600 Washington av
Kenosha Evening News, February 23, 1931
Mrs. Mable Horlick Sidley Divorces Husband on Desertion Grounds
The Neenah-Menasha News-Times, January 5, 1942 Treasures of Horlick Family Placed On Sale An estimated 3,000 treasures bought with funds from the Horlick Malted Milk fortune and now appraised at $300,000 were to be placed on sale here today. Most of the belonged to Mrs. Maybelle Horlick Sidley, heiress to a large portion of the family fortune who died three and one-half years ago. She left an estate estimated at $4,000,000. Many of the treasures came from the Oaks, the white Sidley mansion at Racine. Others were brought from a Miami, Fla., home. Included were "The Rising Of the Moon", a painting by George Innes, appraised at $20,000, a Victorian rosewood bed which at one time belonged to Gen. Robert E. Lee; a silk horse blanket made for the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia; a pair of chandeliers from Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello, and Mrs. Sidley's wedding dress made of Brussels lace. Oriental rugs, Georgian silver, Sheffield place, tapestries and rare books also were counted among the items place on sale.
The Neenah-Menasha News-Times, January 5, 1942
Treasures of Horlick Family Placed On Sale
A wrecking permit authorizing Anthony Kratochvil to tear down the Sidley mansion, 2600 Washington avenue, and salvage the materials was issued today. The 28-room home which contains seven bathrooms, Italian marble fireplaces, stained glass windows and many art treasures will be razed within a few weeks, Mr. Kratochvil said.
Wrecking permit for 2600 Washington avenue
Racine Journal Times, June 1, 1942