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This European style lane was first planted in 1905 as the entrance drive to the estate from Hillcrest Ave. Eighty-six scarlet oaks were originally planted, but the venerable allee was destroyed in a 1991 tornado. Replanted in 1992 with Shumard oak, oakleaf hydrangea, bottlebrush buckeye, and deciduous hollies, this area has seasonal interest throughout the year. Allees were originally introduced as a landscape feature during the Italian Renaissance. The word "Allee" is from Old French, aler meaning "to go" and refers to a walkway or drive bordered by rows of evenly spaced, even-aged trees of the same species. Allees were popular in European royal parks and estates in the 17th & 18th centuries mostly in France and England. In the late 19th century in America, it became popular to create tree-lined streets on the model of the allees.
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