- Cantigny
:"For the town in France, see
Cantigny, Somme ." "For the WWI battle that occurred there, seeBattle of Cantigny ."Cantigny Park is a publicly-open convert|1000|acre|km2|sing=on estate in Wheaton, a town located in theU.S. state ofIllinois . It is located on Winfield Road, just south ofIllinois Route 38 . There are acres of formal and informal gardens, picnic groves and hiking paths, and two museums.The 35-room Robert R. McCormick Museum is the former residence of
Joseph Medill , one of the first editors of the "Chicago Tribune ", and later the home of ColonelRobert R. McCormick , its famous 20th century publisher. The residence, which was built in 1896-1897 and designed by architectCharles Allerton Coolidge , is open to the public for tours as an historic house museum, overseen by theCantigny Foundation , a division of theRobert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation . [http://www.cantigny.org/mccormickmansion1stfloorreceptionhall.htm]The First Division Museum, which was designed by architect
Andrew Rebori , is devoted to the First Division of theUnited States Army —also known as the Big Red One—in which McCormick served as acolonel duringWorld War I . He named his estate after Cantigny, a small village inFrance which was the scene of fighting during World War I which involved the First Division.After McCormick's death, the Trustees of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, acting on McCormick's wishes, invited noted German-American landscape architect
Franz Lipp to design a series of landscapes and idea gardens around the residence for the general public's enjoyment. Colonel McCormick, alongside his first wife Amy, is also buried on the grounds at Cantigny.Lastly, there is also a public
golf course at Cantigny Park. The 2007 United States Amateur Public Links Championship was held at the course, with Colt Knost joining golf legends such as Tommy Bolt and Ken Venturi as players who have won the tournament.References
External links
* [http://www.cantignypark.com/ Cantigny Website]
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