Chandor Gardens - Weatherford, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 45.285 W 097° 48.450
14S E 611708 N 3624728
Self guided tours Mon-Fr 9am-5pm. Sat 9am-3pm. Sun 12pm-4pm. Admission: Adult $5.00 12 & under - free. The picturesque setting of the gardens make an ideal location for special events, retreats, private parties, and weddings.
Waymark Code: WMY3KT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
Chandor Gardens is a 5-acre garden estate developed between 1935 and 1952 by English portrait painter Douglas Chandor, with his wife Ina. Known as “White Shadows” during Douglas’ lifetime.
The property consists of eclectic gardens arranged in a series of rooms, displaying the influence of Neoclassical, Arts and Crafts, and Chinese garden styles, surrounding a 1936 single-story residence and studio built at the crest of a sloping site, which Chandor’s widow added to in 1967.
His widow maintained the garden and opened it for public viewing until shortly before her death in December 1978. Her heirs sold almost all of the garden’s removable ornamentation and all of the home’s furnishings, but preserved the majority of garden’s significant character-defining structures. Currently owned by the City of Weatherford, the property continues to be open to the public and retains a high degree of integrity.