Marc Gagnon is a member as well as on the Steering Committee of the Bonnet House Museum & Gardens located in Ft Lauderdale. He has photographed some of his photographic work there as well as exhibited at the Bonnet House.

Bonnet House, a beach house, was the winter home of Frederic Clay Bartlett and his family. It is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He donated his significant art collection to the Art Institute of Chicago in memory of his second wife Helen Birch Bartlett.

By the time early settler Hugh Taylor Birch purchased the Bonnet House site in 1895, the grounds had already witnessed 4,000 years of Florida history. A shell midden left by the Tequesta people indicates that human activity on the site dates back to 2,000 B.C. while further archaeological evidence suggests that the grounds saw one of the first sites of Spanish contact with the New World.

In 1920, construction of the Bonnet House began and continued for over 20 years. The Bartlett's estate was given it's name after the Bonnet lily which grows on the grounds. Frederic and Helen loved to travel the world, collect art, and create artwork, all of which helped shape the design, furnishing and ambiance of the Bonnet House. Bonnet-House-Fort-Lauderdale-FL-013 Spatterdocks & Lily Pond.

Bonnet House’s modern history began when Birch gave the Bonnet House property as a wedding gift to his daughter Helen and her husband, Chicago artist Frederic Clay Bartlett in 1919. The newlyweds began construction of Bonnet House in 1920, eager for a winter retreat where Frederic could pursue his artwork and Helen could compose music and poetry. Tragedy struck in 1925 when Helen died from breast cancer. Frederic’s visits to Bonnet House then became sporadic until 1931 when he married Evelyn Fortune Lilly. With this marriage, a renaissance occurred on the site as Frederic and Evelyn entered a prolific period of embellishing Bonnet House with the decorative elements that delight visitors to this day.