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The Robert Allerton Park is a park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch,〔(The question of tax exemption for the Allerton gift )〕 near Monticello, Illinois on the upper Sangamon River. The park and manor house, ''The Farms'', are attributed to owner Robert Allerton, industrialist heir, artist, art collector and garden designer. Robert and his adopted son John Gregg Allerton donated the complex to the University of Illinois in 1946. The National Park Service registered the Robert Allerton Estate as a National Historic Place on July 18, 2007.〔(National Register of Historic Places Listings, July 27, 2007 )〕 The ''Allerton Natural Area'' within the park is a National Natural Landmark since 1970.〔(National Natural Landmarks Program: Allerton Natural Area )〕 As of 2007, the park was used by approximately 100,000 visitors per year. It has been described as "a vast prairie turned into a personal fantasy land of neoclassical statues, Far Eastern art, and huge European-style gardens surrounding a Georgian-Revival mansion" . ==About Robert Allerton== (詳細はUnion Stock Yards. Robert Allerton and his adopted son, John Gregg Allerton (1899–1986), transformed their country house, ''The Farms'', into a central Illinois showplace estate, with activity climaxing in the 1920s and early 1930s. Allerton also pursued ties with the University of Illinois. In 1919 while Allerton lived at "The Farms," he was asked by the University to serve on the Campus Plan Commission. This association continued until the completion of the 1923 Master Plan of the area south of the Auditorium. In 1926, Allerton established the Allerton Scholarships in American architecture. Annually, he invited graduating students in architecture and landscape architecture to "The Farms." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Allerton Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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