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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--'Porte Cochere Seat 1905'
Donated by Carol Blomquist, from a Durand/Smith family photo archive from the late Daisiana Smith Giles.
Franklin P. Smith Estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--house 'Dining room '52'
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Terrace between house and east porch
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--'East Porch 1905'
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Great Hall exterior and pool, 1920s
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Great Hall interior, 1920s
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest--Formal garden south of Great Hall, 1920s
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…
Durand/Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Arbor
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.…