Postcard
Harrose Hall
| Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimney and striped awnings. A stone wall partially obscures the first floor. H.G. Selfridge, a native of Ripon, Wisconsin, was a retail magnate who earned a fortune in Chicago and in 1908 moved to London where he established the department store which bears his name. He built this house on Geneva Lake in 1899, and named it Harrose Hall, combining a portion of his first name with that of his wife, the former Rose Buckingham. Selfridge owned the house until 1922; it was demolished in 1975. |
| Image ID: | 119427 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1905 |
| Creator Name: | James Leonard |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Architectural details |
| Chimneys |
| Stone walls |
| Windows |
| Trees |
| Lawns |
| Mansions |
| Vacation homes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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