Grounds for a look back at Brucemore estate history
Cedar Rapids landscape historian Cecilia Rusnak traces over a century of Brucemore grounds shaped by the Sinclair Douglas and Hall families. A yearlong study funded by Brucemore and the National Trust for Historic Preservation culminates with landscape restoration recommendations.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Tve Lions
Brucemore
Cecilia Rusnak
Cedar Rapids
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Peggy Whitworth
Rusnak
Bracemore
Sinclairs
Douglases
Brucemore Groundskeeper’s Daughter Recounts Estate Life
Agnes Hembera recalls growing up at the Brucemore estate in Cedar Rapids from 1921 to 1937. Her father Archie White headed the gardens for the Douglas family, supervising staff and planting seeds, with the family living in the duplex on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Sinclair
T.M. Sinclair
Sinclair Meatpacking Co
Caroline
Douglas
Sinclairs
Turner Mortuary
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
George
Irene Douglas
Margaret
Ellen
Barbara
Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Doug
Agnes Herrera
White
Edward
Jeanie
Archie
Agnes
Jim Hepburn
Archie White
Cindy Hadish
Agnes Hembera
Hembera
Edward White
Margaret Douglas
Jamaica
British West Indies
Canada
Sydney Sinclair
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First Avenue
Linden Drive
Lases
Forest Drive
Michigan
California
George Douglas
Douglas Starch Works
Howard Hall
Midwest
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Margaret Hall
Sinclair
Chicago
O.C. Simonds
Ucemore
Acemore
Cecilia Rusa
Howard