Second wife of Frederic Clay Bartlett.
Married 22 Jan 1919 in Boston, MA.
Daughter of Hugh Taylor Birch and Maria Sophronia Root Birch, she was the only of their three children to survive past her twenties. As the only daughter, she had a special place in her father's heart and accompanied him to his land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for winters.
Her father, taught Helen to appreciate nature on their rambles to a Highland Park farm that he bought, north of Chicago.
As a young person, Helen traveled with her parents in England and Europe.
She would go with her father during the winter months to Fort Lauderdale and then go to Europe with her mother for the opera in the spring.
In 1905, Helen traveled through Europe with her parents on her way to London to be a bridesmaid along with Catherine Eddy, a distant cousin and more like a sister of Helen's, at the marriage of Catherine's aunt, Delia Spencer to Marshall Field.
Helen was a composer and a poet, no doubt influenced by her mother's love of the arts.
In 1914, her father took Helen to Yellow Springs, Ohio to see the Glen. She loved the place and the visit deepened the love for nature that she shared with him.
Catherine Spencer Eddy introduced Frederic Clay Bartlett to Helen.
After Frederic Clay Bartlett's firs wife, Dora Tripp Barlett died in 1917, Frederic began courting Helen in that year or 1918.
Helen and Frederic Bartlett were married January 22, 1919 in Boston MA. Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge (Catherine Spencer Eddy Beveridge) and Mrs. Marshall Field, Sr attended the wedding in Boston along with a friend of Frederic's, Robert Allerton and Hugh Taylor Birch.
Helen and Frederic honeymooned in Japan, China and the Philippines. The Bartletts made many trips to Europe as well as staying in their residences in New York City, Massachusets and Fort Lauderdale.
In 1919, as a wedding gift, Hugh Taylor Birch gave Helen and Frederic land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Bonnet House was built. The house was named for the Bonnet lilies growing nearyby. Hugh spent winter months at the house with Helen and Frederic. The house and all of Hugh's natural property is now known as Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.
Helen and Frederic traveled abroud very often and particularly collected post-Impressionist art.
She often referred to Frederic's son, Clay as "my son" rather than her stepson.
Their marriage lasted just 6 1/2 years when Helen died of cancer on October 24, 1925 in New York.
Frederic gave The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection and it was permanently installed at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 4, 1926.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett, 1882-1925, in memory of whom this glen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
In 1929, Hugh bought about 1000 acres of land and gave it to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio for its extended campus in memory of Helen. At this time, Hugh relocated from Chicago to Yellow Springs and built Glen Helen House (where he lived during the summer months). This beautiful tribute to Helen is known a Glen Helen. The preserve was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1965. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Antioch closed Glen Helen with no plans to reopen the nature preserve. A wonderful opportunity came to fruition inSeptember 2020 when the college transferred ownership of Glen Helen to the Glen Helen Association. After almost 100 years as a beautiful location set aside for use of the public, this land has new life and will be enjoyed for countless more people.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett in memory of whom Glen Helen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
Married 22 Jan 1919 in Boston, MA.
Daughter of Hugh Taylor Birch and Maria Sophronia Root Birch, she was the only of their three children to survive past her twenties. As the only daughter, she had a special place in her father's heart and accompanied him to his land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for winters.
Her father, taught Helen to appreciate nature on their rambles to a Highland Park farm that he bought, north of Chicago.
As a young person, Helen traveled with her parents in England and Europe.
She would go with her father during the winter months to Fort Lauderdale and then go to Europe with her mother for the opera in the spring.
In 1905, Helen traveled through Europe with her parents on her way to London to be a bridesmaid along with Catherine Eddy, a distant cousin and more like a sister of Helen's, at the marriage of Catherine's aunt, Delia Spencer to Marshall Field.
Helen was a composer and a poet, no doubt influenced by her mother's love of the arts.
In 1914, her father took Helen to Yellow Springs, Ohio to see the Glen. She loved the place and the visit deepened the love for nature that she shared with him.
Catherine Spencer Eddy introduced Frederic Clay Bartlett to Helen.
After Frederic Clay Bartlett's firs wife, Dora Tripp Barlett died in 1917, Frederic began courting Helen in that year or 1918.
Helen and Frederic Bartlett were married January 22, 1919 in Boston MA. Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge (Catherine Spencer Eddy Beveridge) and Mrs. Marshall Field, Sr attended the wedding in Boston along with a friend of Frederic's, Robert Allerton and Hugh Taylor Birch.
Helen and Frederic honeymooned in Japan, China and the Philippines. The Bartletts made many trips to Europe as well as staying in their residences in New York City, Massachusets and Fort Lauderdale.
In 1919, as a wedding gift, Hugh Taylor Birch gave Helen and Frederic land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Bonnet House was built. The house was named for the Bonnet lilies growing nearyby. Hugh spent winter months at the house with Helen and Frederic. The house and all of Hugh's natural property is now known as Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.
Helen and Frederic traveled abroud very often and particularly collected post-Impressionist art.
She often referred to Frederic's son, Clay as "my son" rather than her stepson.
Their marriage lasted just 6 1/2 years when Helen died of cancer on October 24, 1925 in New York.
Frederic gave The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection and it was permanently installed at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 4, 1926.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett, 1882-1925, in memory of whom this glen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
In 1929, Hugh bought about 1000 acres of land and gave it to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio for its extended campus in memory of Helen. At this time, Hugh relocated from Chicago to Yellow Springs and built Glen Helen House (where he lived during the summer months). This beautiful tribute to Helen is known a Glen Helen. The preserve was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1965. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Antioch closed Glen Helen with no plans to reopen the nature preserve. A wonderful opportunity came to fruition inSeptember 2020 when the college transferred ownership of Glen Helen to the Glen Helen Association. After almost 100 years as a beautiful location set aside for use of the public, this land has new life and will be enjoyed for countless more people.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett in memory of whom Glen Helen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
Second wife of Frederic Clay Bartlett.
Married 22 Jan 1919 in Boston, MA.
Daughter of Hugh Taylor Birch and Maria Sophronia Root Birch, she was the only of their three children to survive past her twenties. As the only daughter, she had a special place in her father's heart and accompanied him to his land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for winters.
Her father, taught Helen to appreciate nature on their rambles to a Highland Park farm that he bought, north of Chicago.
As a young person, Helen traveled with her parents in England and Europe.
She would go with her father during the winter months to Fort Lauderdale and then go to Europe with her mother for the opera in the spring.
In 1905, Helen traveled through Europe with her parents on her way to London to be a bridesmaid along with Catherine Eddy, a distant cousin and more like a sister of Helen's, at the marriage of Catherine's aunt, Delia Spencer to Marshall Field.
Helen was a composer and a poet, no doubt influenced by her mother's love of the arts.
In 1914, her father took Helen to Yellow Springs, Ohio to see the Glen. She loved the place and the visit deepened the love for nature that she shared with him.
Catherine Spencer Eddy introduced Frederic Clay Bartlett to Helen.
After Frederic Clay Bartlett's firs wife, Dora Tripp Barlett died in 1917, Frederic began courting Helen in that year or 1918.
Helen and Frederic Bartlett were married January 22, 1919 in Boston MA. Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge (Catherine Spencer Eddy Beveridge) and Mrs. Marshall Field, Sr attended the wedding in Boston along with a friend of Frederic's, Robert Allerton and Hugh Taylor Birch.
Helen and Frederic honeymooned in Japan, China and the Philippines. The Bartletts made many trips to Europe as well as staying in their residences in New York City, Massachusets and Fort Lauderdale.
In 1919, as a wedding gift, Hugh Taylor Birch gave Helen and Frederic land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Bonnet House was built. The house was named for the Bonnet lilies growing nearyby. Hugh spent winter months at the house with Helen and Frederic. The house and all of Hugh's natural property is now known as Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.
Helen and Frederic traveled abroud very often and particularly collected post-Impressionist art.
She often referred to Frederic's son, Clay as "my son" rather than her stepson.
Their marriage lasted just 6 1/2 years when Helen died of cancer on October 24, 1925 in New York.
Frederic gave The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection and it was permanently installed at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 4, 1926.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett, 1882-1925, in memory of whom this glen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
In 1929, Hugh bought about 1000 acres of land and gave it to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio for its extended campus in memory of Helen. At this time, Hugh relocated from Chicago to Yellow Springs and built Glen Helen House (where he lived during the summer months). This beautiful tribute to Helen is known a Glen Helen. The preserve was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1965. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Antioch closed Glen Helen with no plans to reopen the nature preserve. A wonderful opportunity came to fruition inSeptember 2020 when the college transferred ownership of Glen Helen to the Glen Helen Association. After almost 100 years as a beautiful location set aside for use of the public, this land has new life and will be enjoyed for countless more people.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett in memory of whom Glen Helen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
Married 22 Jan 1919 in Boston, MA.
Daughter of Hugh Taylor Birch and Maria Sophronia Root Birch, she was the only of their three children to survive past her twenties. As the only daughter, she had a special place in her father's heart and accompanied him to his land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for winters.
Her father, taught Helen to appreciate nature on their rambles to a Highland Park farm that he bought, north of Chicago.
As a young person, Helen traveled with her parents in England and Europe.
She would go with her father during the winter months to Fort Lauderdale and then go to Europe with her mother for the opera in the spring.
In 1905, Helen traveled through Europe with her parents on her way to London to be a bridesmaid along with Catherine Eddy, a distant cousin and more like a sister of Helen's, at the marriage of Catherine's aunt, Delia Spencer to Marshall Field.
Helen was a composer and a poet, no doubt influenced by her mother's love of the arts.
In 1914, her father took Helen to Yellow Springs, Ohio to see the Glen. She loved the place and the visit deepened the love for nature that she shared with him.
Catherine Spencer Eddy introduced Frederic Clay Bartlett to Helen.
After Frederic Clay Bartlett's firs wife, Dora Tripp Barlett died in 1917, Frederic began courting Helen in that year or 1918.
Helen and Frederic Bartlett were married January 22, 1919 in Boston MA. Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge (Catherine Spencer Eddy Beveridge) and Mrs. Marshall Field, Sr attended the wedding in Boston along with a friend of Frederic's, Robert Allerton and Hugh Taylor Birch.
Helen and Frederic honeymooned in Japan, China and the Philippines. The Bartletts made many trips to Europe as well as staying in their residences in New York City, Massachusets and Fort Lauderdale.
In 1919, as a wedding gift, Hugh Taylor Birch gave Helen and Frederic land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Bonnet House was built. The house was named for the Bonnet lilies growing nearyby. Hugh spent winter months at the house with Helen and Frederic. The house and all of Hugh's natural property is now known as Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.
Helen and Frederic traveled abroud very often and particularly collected post-Impressionist art.
She often referred to Frederic's son, Clay as "my son" rather than her stepson.
Their marriage lasted just 6 1/2 years when Helen died of cancer on October 24, 1925 in New York.
Frederic gave The Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection and it was permanently installed at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 4, 1926.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett, 1882-1925, in memory of whom this glen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
In 1929, Hugh bought about 1000 acres of land and gave it to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio for its extended campus in memory of Helen. At this time, Hugh relocated from Chicago to Yellow Springs and built Glen Helen House (where he lived during the summer months). This beautiful tribute to Helen is known a Glen Helen. The preserve was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1965. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Antioch closed Glen Helen with no plans to reopen the nature preserve. A wonderful opportunity came to fruition inSeptember 2020 when the college transferred ownership of Glen Helen to the Glen Helen Association. After almost 100 years as a beautiful location set aside for use of the public, this land has new life and will be enjoyed for countless more people.
Pictured is a memorial to Helen Louise Birch Bartlett in memory of whom Glen Helen was presented to Antioch College in 1929 by her father, Hugh Taylor Birch, class of 1869.
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