The back (north) wall of Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall (1988 renovation of 1891 Gymnasium designed by H. I. Cobb; renov. by O'Donnell Wicklund & Pigozzi), is seen with an oil painting (portrait of Psychology Professor S. P. Williamson by…
This view displays a garden allee or arbor, dating from ca. 1900 and situated on the estate that was the Henry Clay Durands' after 1875 and by 1901 the Franklin P. Smiths', on the southwest corner of Deerpath and Mayflower Road. The original Henry C.…
Garden apparently designed by Marshall & Fox in the early 1920s for the Franklin P. Smiths, Deerpath, Lake Forest. The garden was situated south of the new pool and Great Hall, and north of the ravine on the Smiths' estate. Its features include…
This is a version by Marshall & Fox, ca. 1921, of a Tudor-Stuart period English great hall for the 1901 Franklin P. Smith estate. The ceiling has molded plaster, though more in a later baroque mode than the typical strapwork one might find with…
This view looks east from the early 1920s built, Marshall & Fox designed entertaining room across the pool to the landscape leading northeast to Deerpath. On the right is a new formal garden, in the center the pool, and on the left the apparently…
In the early 1920s Franklin P. and Daisy Durand Smith engaged Marshall & Fox, Chicago architects, to make additions and improvements to their estate. The changes were to the south, a great hall or entertaining room, a pool, and gardens (now…
This view looks north along the porch/colonade east of the Smith house and terrace, as seen in 1905. The piers at each end, shingled, define the four corners, with four Tuscan columns on each side evenly spaced in between. The effect recalls English…
This view of the Franklin P. Smith estate from ca. 1901 looks north at the tile-floored terrace between the 1901 Smith house on the left and the "east porch" on the right. Shown are two unsual benches, south and north, with a reflecting pool between…
This is an interior view of the apparently east-facing dining room of the 1901 Franklin P. Smith estate house, on East Deerpath (700 block, south side; demolished). This interior in a Tudor/Stuart-period manner may reflect ca. 1920 work on the house…