Garden of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Rahill, Feasterville, Pennsylvania (1952-1953)

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• Fonds: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds, 1936-2021
•    Series: Landscape architecture projects, 1947-2018
•      Project: Garden of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Rahill, Feasterville, Pennsylvania (1952-1953), 1952-1953

People

• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
• Mr. & Mrs. W.A. Rahill (client)

Title

Garden of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Rahill, Feasterville, Pennsylvania (1952-1953)

Dates of creation

1952-1953

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 1 drawing

Scope and Content

This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the garden of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Rahill's private residence in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. The residence is located in Bryn Gweled Homesteads, a small cooperative community in Upper Southampton Township. Oberlander worked on this project from 1952-1953. The garden design consists of a meadow area and a play area on the front lawn of the house. The play area, surrounded by trees and strubs, includes a badminton field and a vegetable patch.

This project series only contains a presentation drawing for the landscape design with a plant list.

Reference Number

AP075.S1.1952.PR03

Arrangement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

Feasterville Pennsylvania United States

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: AP075.S1.1952.PR03.001
  • Title: Presentation drawing, Garden of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Rahill, Feasterville, Pennsylvania
  • Dates of creation: 1953
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
  • Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 57 x 79 cm

  Credit line:

  Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
  Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
  

  Folder Number:

  075-002-003