Denison Oxbow Country Club rendering
Object/Artifact
Architect's rendering of the Oxbow Country Club for the Frank Dennison [sic] site on No.110 Crescent illustration board.
On left side of illustration, by the parked cars, is a date "Jul. '79" and "C.J. Chamales"
Rendering includes a parking lot; a low, possibly 2-story flat-roofed building for locker rooms; a dramatic "mod" raised, round structure with 360-degree views for a "club house, reception, dinning rooms, lounge, bar; tennis (not shown); 18 hole golf course; and blocky "condominiums & single family houses interspersed alongside the fairways of the golf course."
A stamp in the lower right corner indicates the creator as Christopher John Chamales, Architect City Planner, 11 South La Salle Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.
2022.03.08
In the 1970s, Frank Denison was contemplating developing the land that is now preserved as the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area. The modernistic plan with a rotating building was highly au courant at that time.
Ox-Bow
9-1/2 in
16 in
Flat Files drawer 05 plans
Fair
This illustration had a hard life, including being nailed.
Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area/South Denison Property/Gay/Nude Beach;
02/04/2022
03/30/2024