<P> The home, now in the Second Empire style, featured porches, turrets, iron cresting, window bays, a walnut staircase and an office from which Deere could see his factories in the valley below the house . The family bedrooms were on the second floor, and the ballroom and servant's quarters were on the third floor . Deere named the 8,000 square feet (740 m) home Red Cliff . </P> <P> Deere lived in the house for six years until his death in 1886 . His body lay in repose in the front parlor where thousands of mourners paid their respects . His widow, Lucenia, lived in the house two more years before her death in 1888 . The house remained in the Deere family until 1933, when it was sold to a banker . </P> <P> In 1936, the house was sold to an interior decorator who divided it into 11 apartments . For the next 50 years the property had several different owners . In 1988, the Resolution Trust Corporation took possession of the house due to a loan default . By now, the home had been divided into 16 efficiency apartments that were in disrepair, and the grounds had become overgrown . Barbara Sandberg, a historic preservationist, convinced the city of Moline to purchase the house from the federal agency in the hope of finding a buyer to restore the home . The city used $40,000 in Community Block Grant money to buy the house in 1993 . The property was shown 70 times over three years to prospective buyers and received five serious bids . </P> <P> The city sold the property in 1996 to a private owner for $100 . The new owners were to complete the renovations on the house by the year 2000 . Plans were to turn the home into a bed and breakfast and public events space . Numerous renovations were completed on the house, but work stopped in 2003 and the project was not completed . The city sued the homeowner for breach of contract in 2005 . An agreement was reached, and work resumed on the house in 2008, but it soon came to an end . The Sauk Valley Bank of Sterling, Illinois foreclosed on the property in 2009 and they bought back the mortgage in January 2010 . The house was again sold in 2011 . </P>

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