Maryhill

Samuel Hill was an eccentric millionaire active around the turn of the 20th century. Learning about him a bit it's easy to see that he was a visionary for his time. He fell in love with the Columbia Gorge and established several projects including a WWI monument modeled after Stonehenge and a museum (that was originally to be his "Ranch House"). It's odd to see all of this in the middle of nowhere. The museum is quite nice and features several events during the summer including a sculpture garden.

Approaching "Stonehenge" a WWI memorial. Constructed by Samuel Hill as a to-scale model of the original Stonehenge.
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Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
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Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
View from Stonehenge.
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Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
maryhill monument
Samuel Hill's Stonehenge
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Theater la Mode. At the end of the Nazi occupation of Paris the fashion industry was longing to bring back Parisian style, but there were few supplies and money for a full blown fashion show. The solution, dolls.
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Theater la Mode. Top Parisian designers made clothing for the dolls as they would full size ensembles.
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Theater la Mode
maryhill dolls museum
Theater la Mode. The dolls were each given different personalities and placed in scenes reflective of life in Paris and the fashion they were wearing.
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Theater la Mode. Sets were designed by well known artists and set designers of the time.
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Theater la Mode.
maryhill dolls museum
Maryhill has an extensive Roden collection. Rodin became a close friend of Loie Fuller, a close friend of Samuel Hill and major contributor to the museum.
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View from Maryhill Mansion.
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Maryhill Mansion
maryhill museum
Maryhill Mansion
maryhill museum
View from Maryhill Mansion.
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View from Maryhill Mansion.
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There were peafowl all over the Maryhill grounds
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Gardens at the Maryhill Museum.
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Everywhere
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Gardens at the Maryhill Museum.
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Gardens at the Maryhill Museum.
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Conflict of safety and aesthetics.
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View from Maryhill Mansion.
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View from Maryhill Mansion.
maryhill columbia gorge river spring
White peakfowl at Maryhill. Playing with my new Pentax FA 135mm f/2.8
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Maryhill peacock
maryhill bird peafowl
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
Outside sculpture garden at Maryhill
maryhill scuplture museum
One of the many chess sets on display at Maryhill
maryhill chess museum
Native American "Janace" sculpture
maryhill sculpture museum
Maryhill "Loop Roads"
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