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Ragdale
Historic house in Illinois, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the house in the United States. For the village in England, see Ragdale, Leicestershire.
Ragdale is the former summer retreat of Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. 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.
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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[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 3, 1976 |
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