House of The Four Winds
- General
- The garden is styled after Generalife gardens in Granada. The garden was planted by Rose Standish Nichols. The sculpture is of Mercury. The 1933 Garden Club of America Annual Meeting Book. The garden was on tour for the Garden Club of America Annual Meeting in 1919. Herbert Croley of The Architectural Record said of the house - "A truly American Design".
- Historic plate number: "30."
- Provenance
- Lake Forest Garden Club
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- House of the Four Winds (Lake Forest, Illinois)
- United States of America -- Illinois -- Lake County -- Lake Forest
- Topic
- Summer
- Spanish gardens
- Canals
- Water jets
- Walkways
- Flagstone
- Garden borders
- Sculpture
- Hand-railing
- Gardens -- Illinois -- Lake Forest
- Provenance
- Lake Forest Garden Club
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Illinois / IL009: Lake Forest -- House of the Four Winds
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Extent
- 1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
- Date
- circa 1930s
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, Item IL009001
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Lantern slides
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Genre/Form
- Lantern slides
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
