"Stairway to Heaven"
Since childhood, I have taken numerous pictures of Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (aka Belle Isle Conservatory) on many occasions, fascinated by its shape and collection of plants. This is not the photo usually seen, but it's my favorite.
It was designed by noted local architects Albert Kahn and George Mason in 1902-1903, opening in 1904, and now the oldest continually running conservatory in the U.S.. It was renamed for Anna Scripps Whitcomb in honor/thanks for her donation to the museum of her collection of 600 orchids.
(Note: This view, with domes increasing in size, with an antenna pointing upward reminded me of a stairway, and with Whitcomb's donation of orchids...well, if you know the song by Led Zeppelin...)
"Stairway to Heaven"
Since childhood, I have taken numerous pictures of Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (aka Belle Isle Conservatory) on many occasions, fascinated by its shape and collection of plants. This is not the photo usually seen, but it's my favorite.
It was designed by noted local architects Albert Kahn and George Mason in 1902-1903, opening in 1904, and now the oldest continually running conservatory in the U.S.. It was renamed for Anna Scripps Whitcomb in honor/thanks for her donation to the museum of her collection of 600 orchids.
(Note: This view, with domes increasing in size, with an antenna pointing upward reminded me of a stairway, and with Whitcomb's donation of orchids...well, if you know the song by Led Zeppelin...)