Swiss Cottage conservatory
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- Created Date
- 1883-
- Description
Robert Tinker added a glass greenhouse/conservatory to his Swiss Cottage in 1882. It was used to protect tropical plants during Midwest winters. Robert Tinker landscaped the grounds around the Swiss Cottage as well as other Rockford, Illinois, buildings and parks.
- Contributing Institution
- Rockford Public Library
- Collection
- Tinker Swiss Cottage
- Location
- Rockford
Illinois
United States - Type
- image
- Format
- Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), 300 DPI, 8-bit gray-scale (256 grays), NA, NAPaper
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Materials in this collection are made available by the Rockford Public Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman St. Rockford, IL 61101 (815-965-7606)
- Chicago citation style
- Swiss Cottage conservatory. 1883-. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/rockford05/id/31. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1883-) Swiss Cottage conservatory. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/rockford05/id/31
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/rockford05/id/31>.