Tuesday, August 4, 2020

HIstoric Mansion - Cheekwood Estate and Gardens



After touring the gardens during our early September 2018 visit to Cheekwood, we stepped inside the mansion and joined a tour to familiarize ourselves with the building.

From the Cheekwood website:
The 36-room house (excluding service quarters) included eleven bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, two elevators, a hidden staircase, and a library to hold the collection of two thousand books the Cheeks amassed. Suites of rooms created for son, Leslie Cheek Jr., daughter, Huldah Cheek, and Mrs. Cheek’s mother, Huldah Wood, were furnished with antique 17th and 18th century-style English furnishings, creating an atmosphere of old-world elegance.
The restored rooms are mainly on the main floor. One exception is the recreation room which is located below the drawing room. The upper floor contains the art galleries.

Great Lawn

Entry

Entry tapestry

Second staircase in the rotunda

Rotunda

Fiber-optic strands of the rotunda light

Below the rotunda light

Hallway

Swan Lawn

Drawing Room

Golden eagle in the drawing room

One bookcase in the library

Loggia

Dining room chandelier

Dining Room

Fireplace in the dining room

Silver service

Morning Room

First-floor plan

Period telephone


Recreation room

Shell fountain

Admission to Cheekwood is $22 for an adult. A one-year membership is $65. Other ticket options are available.

The Cheekwood website is https://cheekwood.org/.

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