Main entry:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, author.

Title & Author:

Frederick Law Olmsted : plans and views of communities and private estates / Charles E. Beveridge, Lauren Meier, and Irene Mills, editors.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
©2020

Description:

xvii, 588 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Supplementary series ; volume 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Residential Communities. Riverside, Illinois ; Brookline, Massachusetts ; Swampscott Land Trust, Swampscott, Massachusetts ; Linwood, Lynn, Massachusetts ; Newport, Rhode Island ; Sudbrook, Baltimore, Maryland ; Sherwood, Richmond, Virginia ; Biltmore Village, Asheville, North Carolina ; St. Cloud Hill, Nashville, Tennessee ; Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia -- 2. Industrial Areas. Boston & Albany Railroad Stations, Massachusetts -- 3. Regional and Town Planning. Staten Island, New York ; Tarrytown Heights, Tarrytown, New York ; 23rd and 24th Wards, New York City ; District of Columbia, Street System Extension ; Depew, Buffalo, New York ; Tacoma, Washington ; North Easton, Massachusetts ; Additional Community Open Spaces, Boston, Massachusetts -- 4. Private Estates. Manhattan Rowhouse, New York City, New York ; Charles Storrow, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Moraine Farm, John Charles Phillips ; Beverly, Massachusetts ; Kragsyde, George Nixon Black, Jr., Manchester, Massachusetts ; William C. Loring, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts ; Ephraim Gurney, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts ; Stonehurst, Robert Treat Paine, Waltham, Massachusetts ; Spring Hill, William Hadwen Ames, North Easton, Massachusetts ; Sheep Pasture, Oliver Ames 2nd, North Easton, Massachusetts ; Elm Court, William Sloane, Lenox, Massachusetts ; Rough Point, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, Newport, Rhode Island ; Indian Spring, Joseph R. Busk, Newport, Rhode Island ; The Reef, Theodore M. Davis, Newport, Rhode Island ; Westbrook, William Bayard Cutting, Oakdale, New York ; Shelburne Farms, William Seward Webb, Shelburne, Vermont ; Ophir Farms, Whitelaw Reid, White Plains, New York ; Biltmore, George W. Vanderbilt, Buncombe County, North Carolina -- 5. Academic Campuses. College of California, Berkeley, California ; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California ; Maine Agricultural College ; Orono, Maine ; Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey ; Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts ; Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts -- 6. Residential Institutions. Hartford Retreat for the Insane, Hartford, Connecticut ; Hudson River Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York ; New York State Asylum, Buffalo, New York ; McLean Asylum, Belmont, Massachusetts ; Bloomingdale Asylum, White Plains, New York -- 7. Grounds of Government and Public Buildings. United States Capitol Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia ; New York State Capital, Albany, New York ; Jeffersonville Depot, Jeffersonville, Indiana ; Thomas Crane Memorial Library, Quincy, Massachusetts ; Converse Memorial Library, Malden, Massachusetts -- 8. Expositions. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois -- 9. Summer communities. Cushing's Island, Casco Bay, Maine ; Point Chautauqua, Lake Chautauqua, New York ; Lake Wauconda, Perry Park, Colorado ; Denver & Lookout Mountain Resort, Jefferson County, Colorado -- 10. Resorts and hotels. Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York ; Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas -- 11. Zoos and Arboreta. Central Park Arboretum, New York City, New York ; Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Massachusetts ; National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia -- 12. Cemeteries and Memorials. Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ; Vanderbilt Mausoleum, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.

Summary:

Master landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is renowned for his public parks, but few know the extent of his accomplishment in meeting other needs of society. Lavishly illustrated with over 500 images, this book presents Olmsted's design commissions for a wide range of projects. The rich collection of studies, lithographs, paintings, and historical photographs depicts Olmsted's planning for residential communities, regional and town plans, academic campuses, grounds of public buildings, zoos, arboreta, and cemeteries. Focusing on living spaces designed to promote physical and mental well-being, the book showcases more than seventy of Olmsted's designs, including the community of Riverside, IL; the Stanford University campus; the US Capitol grounds; the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893; the National Zoo; and George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate. Illuminating Olmsted's design theory, this volume displays the beautiful plans and reveals the significance of each commission within his entire body of work. Readers concerned with the quality of the environment in which we live and work, as well as architects, landscape architects, urban planners, historians, and preservationists, will find stimulating insights in Plans and Views of Communities and Private Estates.

ISBN:

9781421438672 hardcover
1421438674 hardcover

Subject:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Landscape architecture United States.
Landscape architects United States.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Architectes paysagistes États-Unis.
Landscape architects.
Landscape architecture.
United States.

Added entries:

Beveridge, Charles E., editor.
Meier, Lauren, editor.
Mills, Irene, editor.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. Supplementary series ; v. 3.

Plans and views of communities and private estates

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319302
Call No.: 319302
Copy: 1
Status: Available