When afternoon tea was not served in the Tea House on Fannette Island it was served in the library or on the terrace, of the main structure named Vikingsholm. The 38 room "castle" was designed by the Swedish architect Lennart Palme who, with his wife, accompanied Mrs. Knight on an architectural "fact gathering" mission in 1928 throughout the Scandinavian countries accumulating ideas. The Vikingsholm foundation was laid in 1928, but the building was constructed in 1929 by 200 workers.[1] Vikingsholm was built by Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight as a summer home. Some parts of the structure contain no nails or spikes, as a result of old-fashioned construction methods. Most of the building was made from materials found at Lake Tahoe. More about Mrs. Knight in a later blog.
When afternoon tea was not served in the Tea House on Fannette Island it was served in the library or on the terrace, of the main structure named Vikingsholm. The 38 room "castle" was designed by the Swedish architect Lennart Palme who, with his wife, accompanied Mrs. Knight on an architectural "fact gathering" mission in 1928 throughout the Scandinavian countries accumulating ideas. The Vikingsholm foundation was laid in 1928, but the building was constructed in 1929 by 200 workers.[1] Vikingsholm was built by Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight as a summer home. Some parts of the structure contain no nails or spikes, as a result of old-fashioned construction methods. Most of the building was made from materials found at Lake Tahoe. More about Mrs. Knight in a later blog.
ReplyDelete1. "Vikingsholm". vikingsholm.com. http://www.vikingsholm.com/construction.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04.