SHOREWOOD, WI — Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's plans to build a new mansion on the 3500 block of N. Lake Drive in Shorewood goes before the village's Design Review board on Aug. 22, and plans for the new home have been obtained by Shorewood Patch.

Abele is probably best known over the last year for purchasing a $2.6 million Eschweiler-designed mansion at 3534 N. Lake Drive, and tearing it down in order to build a home based on his own tastes. The former home, known as the Charles and Laura Albright House, was considered one of the most spectacular and significant homes in Shorewood.

The stately Eschweiler-designed Mediterranean Revival mansion was set on over 2.5 acres at the shore of Lake Michigan. It had a grand foyer and sweeping marble staircase. A wood-paneled living room with oversized natural fireplace and floor to ceiling windows overlooking patios and mature grounds.