Conservatory Entrance Fountain
Location:

300 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
Located Within: Garfield Park Conservatory
Artist: Wolff, Clements & Associates, Landscape Architects
Installed: 1998
Other Designer: Booth, Hansen & Associates, architects
Features: Outdoor, Fountain

 

Description

In the late 1990s, the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ began a series of projects to restore and upgrade the historic Garfield Park Conservatory and its surrounding landscape. The 1908 structure, designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen and greenhouse experts, Hitchings & Co., was meant to emulate the shape of a Midwestern haystack. In its original form, the building had an elegant entry vestibule designed by Prairie School architects Schmidt, Garden and Martin. In the 1950s, the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ razed the original vestibule and replaced it with a larger and somewhat less attractive modern pavilion.

To create a more inviting entranceway and provide new visitor services such as classrooms, meeting rooms, a gift shop, and larger bathrooms, the Park District demolished the 1950s addition. Architects Booth Hansen & Associates and landscape architects Wolff Clements & Associates designed the new entry building and exterior landscape. Completed in 1998, the project included a concrete and stone rectangular fountain which is located on the terrace in front of the entrance to the Conservatory. The fountain was made possible by a gift from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

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Garfield Park Conservatory Entrance Fountain

Garfield Park Conservatory Entrance Fountain

300 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
United States