Forest Hill: The Rockefeller Estate

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Forest Hill: The Rockefeller Estate

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Sharon E. Gregor. Forest Hill: the Rockefeller estate

Series: Images of America

John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland roots stretched across the oil-drenched banks and murky flats of Kingsbury Run in Cleveland and ended in the wooded sanctuary at Forest Hill. Six miles east of Public Square, Forest Hill was the Rockefeller family's country estate and summer home for four decades. It had formal gardens, greenhouses, a lake and lily pond, a golf course, a horse track, and acres of farmland. In the early 1900s, tourists and local residents rode the streetcar out Millionaires' Row to East Cleveland, where they peered through the imposing iron gates scrolled with an R to peek at the gatekeeper's lodge, the manicured lawns, and the road that led to the mansion atop the hill. Unfortunately, in 1917, Forest Hill burned to the ground. Because so many records, mementos, and photographs perished, the estate remains as shrouded in secrecy today as it did during its lifetime. Forest Hill: The Rockefeller Estate unveils the story of the estate, how it evolved and changed over the years, and how its legacy continues. -- Google Books

ISBN

0738540943

Publication Date

2006

Publisher

Arcadia Publ.

City

Charleston, SC

Keywords

Rockefeller family, Cleveland

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The Rockefeller University Library 3rd Floor Special Collections CT 275 R682 G819 2006

Forest Hill: The Rockefeller Estate

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