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Villa Turicum - Exteriors
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In 1907 Harold McCormick bought a 260 acre site, including a 70-foot bluff on. Charles Platt (1861-1933), an architect and landscape architect from New Hampshire who had had his sketches of Italian Renaissance gardens popularized in a 1893 Harper’s Magazine. And via his own 1894 book, Italian Gardens,. Was hired to execute plans for the house and landscape. Harold McCormick wrote to Charles Platt: Mrs. McC. Platt created master plans for. 1922-1930), and the. It was great to feel the vision of Charles Pl...
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Wedgewood Homeowner's Association of Lake Forest
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Welcome to the website of the Wedgewood Homeowner's Association of Lake Forest, IL. Browse the site for meeting schedules and minutes, association rules and other pertinent documents. Neighborhood and let us know you are here! Please download and complete:. Use the links below to navigate to other sites of interest. City of Lake Forest. Lake Forest Historical Society.
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Warren Township Historical Society
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About W T H S. Mother Rudd Home Museum. Gurnee, IL 60031-0084. Recent events are on our Facebook page:. Archive of previous events:. Tony Olszewski reports on the McHenry County Paranormal Research Group's findings. The Kishwaukee Ramblers perform at the Mother Rudd Home. Ty Rohrer on Waukegan's native son Jack Benny. August 2010 Open House. Krista Holst on Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Legacy. Daniel J. Johnson as Thomas Morris Chester. Treasures from the Attic" - 2010 Edition. McHenry County Paranormal...
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The Villa Turicum Blog: The Other Side of the Footlights
http://villaturicum.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-other-side-of-footlights.html
The Villa Turicum Blog. Dedicated to Edith Rockefeller McCormick and the Villa Turicum. 09 June, 2014. The Other Side of the Footlights. Early in 1927 it was announced in the New York Times: "Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick of Chicago, long a patron of the world of music, has again stepped to the other side of the musical footlights." In collaboration with her fellow music aficionado and neighbor, Eleanor Everest Freer. Was she thinking of when she wrote it:. I write not to thee dearest,. I Write Not to...
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The Villa Turicum Blog: Muriel in Lake Forest
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The Villa Turicum Blog. Dedicated to Edith Rockefeller McCormick and the Villa Turicum. 07 July, 2014. Muriel in Lake Forest. Muriel McCormick in her early twenties. The Tribune's report of July 12th concluded: She went as far as New York with the McKinlocks to bid them adieu at the dock, and then spent the weekend just past with her grandfather, John D. Rockefeller at his beautiful estate on the Hudson. She is to return tomorrow to this part of the world, to take up the work with which she'll fi...View ...
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The Villa Turicum Blog: A Few Words on Charles A. Platt
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The Villa Turicum Blog. Dedicated to Edith Rockefeller McCormick and the Villa Turicum. 29 May, 2014. A Few Words on Charles A. Platt. It falls me by that it has been awhile since I have written anything about Charles A. Platt, the man responsible for creating Villa Turicum. Writing about him does present a daunting task, as Platt was not only an architect, but also an accomplished artist of merit and that. Charles A. Platt, self-portrait. Villa Lante, in Bagnaia, Italy c. In 1894 he made it plain therei...
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The Villa Turicum Blog: Garden Show Held At Villa Turicum
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The Villa Turicum Blog. Dedicated to Edith Rockefeller McCormick and the Villa Turicum. 14 July, 2014. Garden Show Held At Villa Turicum. June 22, 1930 - LAKE FOREST matrons who attended the garden show held last week-end at Villa Turicum, Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick's estate, included Mrs. T. Philip Swift, Mrs. Stuart J. Templeton, and Mrs. Charles F. Glore. Mrs. Glore's daughter, Frances assisted at the flower market. Mrs Stuart J. Templeton. Mrs Charles F. Glore and Frances Glore. Mrs T Philip Swift.
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Resources – Kenilworth Historical Society
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Research the Collections, Archives, and Library. Volunteer & Membership. Visiting the North Shore? Try these other history museums. For a Google map showing the location of North Shore history museums. Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Highland Park Historical Society. Lake Forest – Lake Bluff Historical Society. Lake Bluff History Museum. Kenilworth IL, 60043. Monday 9:00 - 4:30. Thursday 9:00 - 12:00. Kenilworth Historical Society -.
villaturicum.com
Villa Turicum - Exteriors
http://www.villaturicum.com/mccormick
In 1907 Harold McCormick bought a 260 acre site, including a 70-foot bluff on. Charles Platt (1861-1933), an architect and landscape architect from New Hampshire who had had his sketches of Italian Renaissance gardens popularized in a 1893 Harper’s Magazine. And via his own 1894 book, Italian Gardens,. Was hired to execute plans for the house and landscape. Harold McCormick wrote to Charles Platt: Mrs. McC. Platt created master plans for. 1922-1930), and the. It was great to feel the vision of Charles Pl...
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