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Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--House east facade and lawn
The 1900-1901 house of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. (Daisy Durand) Smith is shown here, from the east and seeing the east side of the house and its pergola/porch. The architect has not been determined. The image is a gift from Carol Blomquist, from…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1952--entrance gate and drive.
Shown is the entry from Deerpath to the the Franklin P. Smith estate, Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1952. Mr. Smith, who married Daisy Durand, was in the iron fence business. The house shown was built east of the H. C. Durand house, Daisy's parents'…
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Durand and Daisy Durand, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1890s.
Shown are Mrs. and Mr. Henry Clay Durand, and Daisy Durand (adopted daughter, later Mrs. Franklin P. Smith), 1890s. They appear in their two horse open carriage in front of a house with an 1870s style veranda. The house may be theirs, at…
Durand, Henry Clay, House, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois
This is a view of Henry C. Durand's Lake Forest, Illinois, house on Deerpath, just east of Lake Forest College's North Campus, ca. 1880s-1900. This is a Queen Ann Style substantial residence for successful Chicago wholesale grocer Durand. This…
Green Bay Road National Register Historic District Nomination Form, 1995
This NR nomination form, 1995, for Lake Forest's National Register Green Bay Road Historic District is presented here in five parts.
Part 1. Registraton form: Introductory (4pp.)
Part 2. Section 7: Description of the District and List of…
La Roi, George. " A Study of the Flora of Lake County," 1958 (Lake Forest College Sr. Thesis), listing the contents of the College herbarium collections from the 1890s and the 1950s
This thesis was carried out under the supervision of Professor of Biology Elizabeth Lunn, author ofPlants of the Illinois Dunesland, 1982, and centered on imporoving documentation, etc. of the 1890s herbarium collection, adding 1950s specimens to the…
Walden, History of (1933)--Related items
This last section of this digital copy of Manning's History of Walden includes two copies of typed communications found loose at the end of the paper-bound typescript.
Walden, History of (1933)--Plant Sources
This fascinating list records the commercial, personal exploration, and accidental sites of all plants at Walden in 1933, a key to abbreviations in the plant list.
Walden, History Of (1933)--Plan of Cyrus McCormick II's Walden estate and the key to numbers on the plan
This plan to accompany the text and plant listing of landscape architect Warren Manning's 1933 History of Walden uses numbers to designate locations of places and plants mentioned and listed.