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Title
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Enid Annenberg Haupt, Building
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Creator
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Cobb, William R.
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Biographical Text
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Italian-Renaissance style complex of glass greenhouses created with cast iron, steel, and glass.
The conservatory was built in 1902 by architect William R. Cobb under the greenhouse firm Lord & Burnham. It was built in the New York Botanical Gardens. Inspiration came from Joseph’s Crystal Palace which had been built in London’s Hyde Park about fifty years earlier. Haupt gave $5 million to restore the greenhouse.
Restoration of the dome occurs every twenty years, with the most recent being completed in 2020.
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Text
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ENID A. HAUPT CONSERVATORY
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Date Created
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1902
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Date Modified
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2020
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Type
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English
Building
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
Haupt, Enid Annenberg (1906-2005)