Mellody Farm, Lake Forest
Scope and Contents
Interior and exterior views of Mellody Farm, the estate of J. Ogden Armour designed and constructed by Arthur Heun between 1904 and 1908, in Lake Forest, Illinois. The gardens were designed by Jens Jensen.
Dates
- ca 1920
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
J. Ogden Armour was a representative second-generation scion of a Chicago meat packing fortune. He went bankrupt in the 1921 stock market crash.
Extent
2 photo box(es)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source: unknown.
General
Cover title.
General
Formerly PAFI Album # 272
General
Albums have green Moroccan leather covers with watered silk end covers.
Table of Contents
[Album A] Mellody Farms, Lake Forest [exterior views] -- [Album B] Mellody Farms, Lake Forest [interior views].
- Dwellings -- Illinois -- Lake Forest -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gardens -- Illinois -- Lake Forest -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interior architecture -- Illinois -- Lake Forest -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mellody Farm, Lake Forest[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
