Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution flying mercury flyingmercury garden formal garden formalgarden formal statue fountain evergreen smithsonian bronze nude apollo statue apollostatue garden statue grass gardenstatuegrass archives of american gardens archivesofamericangardens Creator: Lake Forest Garden Club        McBirney, Hugh J., Mrs Architect: Shaw, Howard Van Doren Landscape Architect: Nichols, Rose Standish Creator: Coffey, Jack C., M/M Type: Projected media Date: 1930 Topic: Summer      Spanish gardens      Canals      Water jets      Walkways      Flagstone      Garden borders      Sculpture      Hand-railing Local number: IL009001 Physical description: 1 slide: glass lantern, col.; 3 x 5 in Notes: The garden is styled after Generalife gardens in Grenada. The garden was planted by Rose Standish Nichols. The sculpture is of Mercury. The 1933 Garden Club of America Annual Meeting Book. The garden was on tour for the Garden Club of America Annual Meeting in 1919. Herbert Croley of The Architectural Record said of the house - "A truly American Design" Place: Illinois      Lake Forest Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!181917~!0#focus Repository:Archives of American Gardens View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Creator: Lake Forest Garden Club McBirney, Hugh J., Mrs Architect: Shaw, Howard Van Doren Landscape Architect: Nichols, Rose Standish Creator: Coffey, Jack C., M/M Type: Projected media Date: 1930 Topic: Summer Spanish gardens Canals Water jets Walkways Flagstone Garden borders Sculpture Hand-railing Local number: IL009001 Physical description: 1 slide: glass lantern, col.; 3 x 5 in Notes: The garden is styled after Generalife gardens in Grenada. The garden was planted by Rose Standish Nichols. The sculpture is of Mercury. The 1933 Garden Club of America Annual Meeting Book. The garden was on tour for the Garden Club of America Annual Meeting in 1919. Herbert Croley of The Architectural Record said of the house - "A truly American Design" Place: Illinois Lake Forest Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!181917~!0#focus Repository:Archives of American Gardens View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |