Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Great Hall interior, 1920s
Title
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Great Hall interior, 1920s
Subject
Lake Forest (Ill.)
Marshall & Fox (Firm)
Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931
Description
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 the paneling, fireplace mantel with perpendicular arches, the low (perpendicular) pitch of the ceiling, etc. The floor is alternating large tiles or masonry squares. there is a minstrel gallery accessed from the main house, apparently. the windows face south and the fireplace is on the west wall. The table and chairs appear to be Jacobean in character. The image is one from a Durand/Smith family photo group donated by Carol Blomquist, having been in turn given to her by the late Daisiana Smith Giles.
Date
early 1920s
Format
Still image
Language
eng
