Park Grove Manor Gargoyles - Oak Park, Illinois
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flyingmoose
N 41° 53.405 W 087° 47.773
16T E 433945 N 4637878
Gargoyles above the front entrances of Park Grove Manor.
Waymark Code: WM132WM
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2020
Views: 9
"E.E. Roberts, the man who designed and owned Park Grove Manor, designed more buildings in Oak Park than Wright, and his style was much more fluid. He worked in Victorian styles, as well as Tudor, Classic and Medieval Revival, Queen Anne, and Early Modern Prairie Style.
Though Roberts designed many grand residences in Oak Park, his Park Grove Manor reflects a more fanciful side. The round-headed faces that line the cornice of the building stare down playfully, eyes bulging, and mouths open as though shouting or singing out. Some of those mouths—in the Gothic tradition of gargoyles perched on European cathedrals—hold drain pipes between their lips through which to flush rainwater. Others are technically just ‘grotesques,’ the purely cosmetic cousin of gargoyles." - Atlas Obscura (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/park-grove-manor)
Water spout is used: yes
Condition: Lightly Weathered
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