English family estate photographs
| Description: |
Snapshots of the old manor home at the 800-acre English family estate, Englishton Park, near Lexington, Indiana. It was built in 1840-1841 and expanded to a 23-room home in the style of Mount Vernon in 1896. The estate stayed in the family, until the death of William E. English in 1926 when it was left for the establishment of a summer home for Hoosier children in need. The estate stood abandoned until 1958, when the court awarded it to Presbyterian National Mission Home, Inc. to use the estate for children and other age groups from Indiana. The original manor home, in great disrepair, was razed in 1969. There are also a few unidentified buildings and a photograph of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow monument in Portland, Maine, which was among the collection donated by the English family. |
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| Origin: | circa 1900-1910 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll13/id/5044 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State Library Photograph Collections |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Geography: |
Scott County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
photographs English family English, William E. (William Eastin), 1850-1926 Scott County (Ind.) dwellings cities and towns streets streetscapes cemeteries monuments horse-drawn vehicles horses farming men estates real estate gardens landscapes dogs streams |
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