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The Trees of Brucemore All three Brucemore families maintained an extensive orchard filled with apple, pear, cherry, and nut trees, although it was not always in the same location. Since…

Digging Out of the Wreckage On August 10, 2020, a straight-line windstorm known as a derecho tore through the Midwest, leaving wide-scale devastation in its wake. It caused $11 billion…

The Hall family added the pet cemetery near the formal garden as the final resting place for not only their own pets, but those of close friends, family, and staff.…

At the turn of the twentieth century, as people looked to escape the overcrowding and pollution of the big city, wealthy Americans began building “country estates”—mansions situated on idyllic landscapes…

The Country Estate At the turn of the 20th century, people looked to escape the overcrowding and pollution of industrialized cities. Wealthy Americans began looking to Europe in developing “country…

The Design Brucemore was originally built with a conservatory (glasshouse) attached to the south façade of the mansion. When the Douglas family purchased the estate and expanded the property from…

A Storied History During Brucemore’s construction in the 1880s, a stately red oak tree that grew during the Civil War (1861-1865) was carefully preserved. The main drive was designed to…