Ragdale

Ragdale
Ragdale
Ragdale is located in Illinois
Ragdale
Ragdale is located in the United States
Ragdale
Location1230 N. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest, Illinois
Coordinates42°15′45″N 87°51′2″W / 42.26250°N 87.85056°W / 42.26250; -87.85056
Area33 acres (13 ha)
Built1897
ArchitectHoward Van Doren Shaw
Architectural styleArts and Crafts
NRHP reference No.76000717[1]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1976

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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.