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'''Orchard Lake''' is a medium-sized inland [[lake]], 795 acres (3.2 km²). It has a 110 feet (34 m) maximum depth and is in the city of [[Orchard Lake Village, Michigan|Orchard Lake Village]], [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]], in [[Michigan]], [[USA]]. It is the second-largest lake in Oakland County after [[Cass Lake (Michigan)|Cass Lake]].
'''Sir John Soane''' ([[10 September]] [[1753]] - [[20 January]] [[1837]]) was a [[Britain|British]] [[architect]] who specialised in the [[Neo-Classical]] tradition. He was born at [[Goring-on-Thames]] near [[Reading, England|Reading]], the son of a bricklayer. He trained as an architect, first under [[George Dance the Younger]], and then [[Henry Holland]], whilst also studying at the [[Royal Academy]] Schools, which he entered in [[1771]]. During his studies at the Royal Academy, he won the Academy's silver medal (1772), gold medal (1776) and finally a travelling scholarship in [[1777]], which he spent on developing his style in [[Italy]].
The lake is unusual in that there is an large 35 acre (142,000 m²) island in the middle of the lake, Apple Island. The island was frequently inhabited by local [[Native Americans]] before the coming of Western settlers, who later planted an apple orchard on the island, giving rise to the current name of the lake. Apple Island is now abandoned and has been designated a protected [[wildlife sanctuary]]. The small Cedar Island is near the western shore.
When in [[Rome]], Soane met the builder and [[Bishop of Derry]] [[Frederick Hervey]], whom he accompanied to [[Ireland]]. However, he failed to find work there, so returned to England in [[1780]] and settled in [[East Anglia]] where he established a small architectural practice.
The campus of the old [[Michigan Military Academy]] is on the northeast shore of the lake. The campus is now home to [[SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary]] and [[St. Mary's Preparatory]].
In [[1788]], he became Architect and Surveyor to the [[Bank of England]], the exterior of the Bank being his most famous work. The job, and especially the personal contacts arising from it, increased the success of Soane's practice , and he became [[ARA]] in [[1795]], then full [[RA]] in [[1802]]. He was made Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in [[1806]], which he held until death. Then, in [[1814]], he was appointed to the [[Board of Works]], where he remained until [[1832]], when he retired. In [[1831]] Soane received a [[knighthood]].
In [[1792]] Soane bought a house at 12 Lincoln's Inn Fields, [[London]]. He used the house as his home and library, but also entertained potential clients in the drawing room. Between [[1794]] and [[1824]] Soane remodelled and extended the house into two neighbouring properties — partly to experiment with architectural ideas, and partly to house his growing collection of antiquities and architectural salvage. As his practice prospered, Soane was able to collect objects worthy of the [[British Museum]] including the sarcophagus of [[Seti I]], Roman bronzes from [[Pompeii]], several [[Canaletto]]'s and a collection of paintings by [[William Hogarth|Hogarth]]. In [[1833]] obtained an [[Act of Parliament]], to bequethed the house and collection to the British Nation to be made into museum of architecture, now the [[Soane Museum|Sir John Soane's Museum]].
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During his time in London, Soane ran a lucrative architectural practice, remodelling and designing country homes for the landed gentry. Among Soane's most notable works are the dining rooms of both numbers [[10 Downing Street|10]] and [[11 Downing Street]] for the Prime Minister and Chancellor of Britain, the [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]] which is the architype for most modern art galleries, and his country home at [[Pitshanger Manor]] in [[Ealing]].
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Soane died in [[London]] in 1837.
[[Category:Lakes in Michigan]]
[[category:architects|Soane, John]]
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