Lincoln Park Conservatory

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The front entrance of the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
The front entrance of the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
The Fernery
The Fernery

The Lincoln Park Conservatory (1.2 ha / 3 acres) is a conservatory and botanical garden located at 2391 North Stockton Drive, next to the Lincoln Park Zoo, in Chicago, Illinois. It is open daily; admission is free.

The Lincoln Park Commission first established a greenhouse in 1877 and planted an adjacent formal garden in 1880. Today's conservatory was built in stages from 1890-1895, to designs by Joseph Lyman Silsbee and M. E. Bell, and consists of four halls:

  • Palm House - giant palms and rubber trees, with a 15 m (50-foot) fiddle-leaf rubber tree planted in 1891
  • Fernery - plants of the forest floor, primarily ferns
  • Tropical House - flowering trees, vines, and bamboo
  • Show House - seasonal flower exhibits

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Inside the Conservatory at Chicago Pictures

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