Loretto -- Immergrun

Object Details

Varying Form: Also known as Mount Assisi Friary.
General: "Immergrun," Home of Charles M. Schwab, Dean of the Steel Industry, Ebensburg, Pa. Postcard circa 1915-1930.; Immergrun, the estate of Charles M. Schwab, is an elaborate hillside garden. The garden is decorated with a variety of garden ornaments and plants. "The elaborate hillside garden begins at a terrace adjacent to the residence's south facade. From here a water cascade descends flanked on either side by stairs. The long cascade ends in a serieds of rectangular pools and finally a large circular pool which is partly surrounded by caryatids. -From Department of History and Social Science, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama.

Place: United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Cambria County -- Loretto; Immergrun (Loretto, Pennsylvania)

Topic: Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Loretto; Mansions; Formal gardens; Lawns; Staircases; Garden ornaments and furniture; Flower beds; Hillside planting; Lily ponds; Fountains

See more items in: Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides); Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) / Pennsylvania

Sponsor: A project to describe images in this finding aid in this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.

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Bibliography: This property is featured in Weiner Jr, William G. and Samuels, Karen M. Bethlehem. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated, 2011.

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