Ragdale
Ragdale is the former summer retreat of Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869–1926), located in Lake Forest, Illinois. It is also the home of the Ragdale Foundation, an artist residency program that hosts creators from a number of disciplines: nonfiction and fiction writers, composers, poets, play- and screenwriters, visual artists, choreographers, as well as those from interdisciplinary interests.
Ragdale | |
Ragdale | |
| Location | 1230 N. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′45″N 87°51′2″W |
| Area | 33 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Howard Van Doren Shaw |
| Architectural style | Arts and Crafts |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000717 |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1976 |
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