Chanticleer Garden
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Chanticleer
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Chanticleer, the main house, April 2007
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| Location: | 786 Church Road in Wayne, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 40°1′49.8″N 75°23′11.6″W / 40.0305°N 75.386556°WCoordinates: 40°1′49.8″N 75°23′11.6″W / 40.0305°N 75.386556°W |
| Area: | 27 acres (11 ha) |
| Built: | 1912 |
| Architect: | Zantzinger, Borie and Medary |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival, Colonial, Pastoral |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84003350[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 24, 1984 |
Chanticleer Garden is a historic estate and botanical garden located at 786 Church Road, in Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, April through October; an admission fee is charged. The gate is crested with carved stone roosters, or chanticleers in French.[2]
The house and grounds were listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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[edit] History
Chanticleer was built as the estate of Christine Penrose and Adolph G. Rosengarten, Sr. He was head of the Philadelphia pharmaceutical manufacturer Rosengarten & Sons, founded in 1822 to produce quinine, and which in 1927 became part of Merck & Co. [3] After his mother's death, Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. tore down his own stone house on the grounds to create its "ruin," then gave the 35-acre (140,000 m2) property, including his parent's mansion, as a public garden. It opened to visitors in 1993. [4] The garden contains lawns and large trees, the Asian woods, a pond garden, the ruin and gravel garden, teacup garden, tennis court garden, and woodland. [5]
[edit] The grounds
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Asian Woods
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Ruin and Gravel Garden
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Plants on the Croquet Lawn in front of the main house
[edit] Flowers
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A pink Dahlia
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Abutilon x hybridum 'Moonchimes'
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Flowering Cherry (Prunus 'Accolade')
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Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule) "Champagne Bubbles"
[edit] See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chanticleer Garden Photographs by Derek Ramsey |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Note: This includes Carl E. Doebley (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chanticleer" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H064401_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Michael A. Flannery, Civil War Pharmacy: A History of Drugs, Drug Supply and Provision, and Therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy; published by The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York 2004
- ^ Chanticleer Garden: a history
- ^ Chanticleer, a review by The Longwood Graduate Program, Public Horticulture, University of Delaware, 2007
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