Back of the Ragdale house, middle period with elms
Title
Back of the Ragdale house, middle period with elms
Description
This image of the Ragdale house from the rear, emphasizes its links to the English Aesthetic Movement Queen Ann style, with its asymmetrical massing. This view perhaps dates from the 1960s or 1970s, since it shows a middle-aged Sylvia Shaw Judson (Haskins) standing next to the house's terrace directly west of the dining room, with one of her sculptures to the right.
The 1898 house, very turn-of-the-century English Arts & Crafts on the opposite entry facade, facing east, shows here its debt to a slightly earlier generation of architects, such as Norman Shaw (English, no relation). But there is a subtle Beaux Arts classic influence on this side, as well: the left wing protruding toward the west is the kitchen (1907 addition). The west foundation line of that addition extends south across the west facade, encompassing from north to south an enclosed space (the kitchen), a three-season dining porch, semi-enclosed, then the open terrace with a pergola overhead for vines in summer, and finally a less than semi-enclosed screened porch, all along this one line. Shaw is introducing a theme he employed later at Glen Rowan for Clifford Barnes (1909): creating an irregular appearance, with overall plan symmetry.
Arthur H. Miller February 24, 2011
The 1898 house, very turn-of-the-century English Arts & Crafts on the opposite entry facade, facing east, shows here its debt to a slightly earlier generation of architects, such as Norman Shaw (English, no relation). But there is a subtle Beaux Arts classic influence on this side, as well: the left wing protruding toward the west is the kitchen (1907 addition). The west foundation line of that addition extends south across the west facade, encompassing from north to south an enclosed space (the kitchen), a three-season dining porch, semi-enclosed, then the open terrace with a pergola overhead for vines in summer, and finally a less than semi-enclosed screened porch, all along this one line. Shaw is introducing a theme he employed later at Glen Rowan for Clifford Barnes (1909): creating an irregular appearance, with overall plan symmetry.
Arthur H. Miller February 24, 2011
Creator
Wayne Andrews
Source
Ragdale Scrapbook, page 138a
Publisher
Ragdale Scrapbook
Date
1965
Rights
Relation
See page 23 in Ragdale. a History and Guide (Hayes and Moon).
Ragdale Scrapbook (Lake Forest College)
Format
image/tiff
Language
English
Type
Image
Identifier
lfspragdscrap00138a-1.jpg
Original Format
Black and white
Physical Dimensions
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Files
Collection
Citation
Wayne Andrews, “Back of the Ragdale house, middle period with elms,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/3402.