Alfred Hamill residence: Centaurs

Photograph

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History Center of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff

Name/Title

Alfred Hamill residence: "Centaurs"

Entry/Object ID

2002.492.197

Description

Color photograph of pair of pink granite pillars of a belvedere designed by David Adler with twirling staircases topped by nymph statues. The nymphs were designed by American sculptor, John Storrs. Hamill was a renowned bibliophile, the twirling staircases recall the stairs in an English gentleman's library. Centaurs, address 1115 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, built 1913; 1928 Ownesr: Alfred Ernest Hamill and Clarice Walther Architects: Henry C. Dangler; renovated by David Adler; Landscape: Ossian C. Simonds; Ferruccio Vitale Tower at 51 North Mayflower Road

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Color

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects