Caption: Map of UIUC (2001) (Allerton)
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CULTURAL LANDSCAPE TREATMENT PLAN ROBERT ALLERTON PARK, MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS Detail of late 1940s plan showing extent of cleared area around the Sun Singer (located in circle at upper left). This plan also shows the location of the Pioneer Cemetery and the Garden Tower (which was removed by the University). DESCRIPTION This space was created solely as a setting for the Sun Singer, which arrived from Sweden in 1931 considerably larger than expected. It is one mile from the house and is separate from the other gardens, which are linked by a connecting path. Allerton’s intent was to set the sculpture in a remote location where it seemed “larger than life.” The Swedish sculptor Carl Milles later visited and heartily approved of the simple dramatic setting designed by John Gregg Allerton. The Sun Singer is reached by a road leading to the sculpture, and continuing in a large circle around it. As the road approaches from the east, a frontal view of the Sun Singer is visible in the distance. Initially there was unclipped meadow beyond so the sculpture was seen against the sky. Today it appears against the forest until one is quite close. The large circular base echoes the form of the surrounding roadway. CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES • • • Bronze Sun Singer by Carl Milles on limestone pedestal (cast 1929, sited here 1932) set on twotiered base exposed aggregate concrete surrounded by low plantings (1932). Low hedge around base, initially coralberry (1932), later replaced by Japanese yew. Large turf circle of Kentucky bluegrass. III-84
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