"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings
Friday, March 22, 2013
"Arcady Farm"
"ARCADY FARM"
Designed in 1907 by the same architect of "Mellody Farm" - Arthur Heun - Arthur Meeker's(Ogden Armour’s partner) summer estate "Arcady Farm" was located at the northwest corner of Waukegan Road and Rt. 60, and was one of the early demolitions(1975) of historic homes that led to the formation of the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation and, ultimately, Lake Forest's Historic Preservation Ordinance. Click HERE to see where "Arcady Farm" stood.
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