Jens Jensen Drawings Series
Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
Born in Denmark, landscape architect Jens Jensen came to the United States in 1881. Jensen brought with him an appreciation and love of nature and an unusual skill as a landscape architect, having attended the agricultural and horticultural colleges of Copenhagen, Berlin, and Hanover. His ability was quickly recognized and he became superintendent of the Union and other small parks in the Great West side of Chicago. Later, he became superintendent of Humboldt Park, general superintendent of t...
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Box 1 drawings are linen-backed blueprint reprographic copies, and are bound in individual, numbered volumes. The volumes themselves are housed in a specially-made box.
The large format, blueprint reproduction drawing, catalog number 64.167.797.1, illustrates the Fair Lane house, Rouge River, waterfall, pond, plantings, trees, and gardens.
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64.167.797.0
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
Box, Jens Jensen Fair Lane Landscape Architecture Drawings, circa 1921
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "A Planting Plan No. 3 for the Informal Gardens," April 1920
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "Planting Plan for Rose Garden," April 1916
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "The original Location of Residence and Garage," January 1914
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "Grades and location of buildings," March 1915
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "Grading Plan, Estate of Henry Ford," 1913-1915
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "Plan showing location of Greenhouses and Hotbeds," March 1915
Landscape Architecture Drawing for Fair Lane, "Plan for Areaway East of Power House," 1915
