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Brucemore Restores Douglas Era Tone at Cedar Rapids Estate
A nine year restoration at Brucemore 2160 Linden Dr SE Cedar Rapids returns the first floor to the early 1900s Douglas era George and Irene Douglas family lived there 1906 to 1937. The study and library were completed last fall the great hall finished in 1988 and the dining room in 1992. Restoration uses photographs and recollections from Barbara Dixon to guide color schemes and fabric choices preserving historic details such as burgundy carpet blue wall coverings and a pink floral wallpaper in the Dixon library.
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Cedar = Rapids
Brucemore
Linden Dr. SE
George
Irene Douglas
Sinclairs
George Douglas
Douglas Starch Works
Cedar Rapids
Jenifer Angerer
Angerer
National Trust
Barbara
Bobbie” Dixon
Douglas
Dixon
Margaret Hall
Marvin Cone
Grant Wood
Bobbie
Dixon Library
Chicago