Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest--Formal garden south of Great Hall, 1920s
Title
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest--Formal garden south of Great Hall, 1920s
Subject
Lake Forest (Ill.) Gardens Illinois
Description
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 low masonry walls, considerable delicately wrought iron work of a baroque character (Mr. Smith owned an iron fence company), a masonry wellhead with a frieze of putti, and extensive planting in beds and on wrought iron trellises painted white. No longer extant. Donation from Carol Blomquist, received by her from the late Daisiana Smith Giles.
Date
1920s
Format
Still image
Language
eng
