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Photographer: Bill Pfingsten
Taken: November 7, 2008
Caption: Conservatory Descriptive Marker
Additional Description: To replicate the conservatory of his beloved English house, Wyncote, Joseph Shipley imported nearly identical cast-iron supports and glass from England. A hot-water heating system tat ran under the floor helped keep the displayed plants healthy during the winter months, in the summer all of the plants were taken out to the garden. Left: George Williams' design for the conservatory at Rockwood, 1851 Middle: George Kennedy Smith and Edward Bringhurst III in the conservatory. Right: Wyncote with conservatory, designed by George Williams about 1840, photograph about 1920.
Submitted: November 16, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p43758
File Size: 1.386 Megabytes

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