Olmsted Brothers
Olmsted Brothers was an influential landscape architecture firm in the United States, which was founded in 1898 by stepbrothers John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.. With the company they led continuing the work begun by her father, Frederick Law Olmsted.
History
The company was the successor organization of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, which was dissolved after the death of her partner Charles Eliot 1897. Both brothers were among the founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects ( ASLA ) and played an influential role in the establishment of the National Park Service. Before taking over the management Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. worked as an assistant under his father and supported him for draft as the Biltmore Estate and the World's Columbian Exposition projects before he earned a degree from Harvard University.
In its heyday in the early 1930s, the Olmsted Brothers employed close to 60 people. Among the most famous landscape architect who worked for the company that included James Frederick Dawson and Percival Gallagher. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. retired as the last remaining member of the Olmsted family in 1949 to retire back. The company itself was not closed until 1980.
Office and archives
" Fairsted ", the over 100 -year-old company's headquarters is obtained as the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and is located on a seven acre ( 28,300 m²) of land at 99 Warren Street in Brookline. There, excellent insight into the practical work on large-scale landscape developments and the necessary engineering services can be obtained. In the building there is also an archive (only accessible after registration ), can be seen in the designs, plant lists and photos of hundreds of projects.
Developed designs
The company worked on a variety of attention in the public acclaimed projects, most of which are very popular to this day. These include in particular parking systems, universities, exhibit space, libraries, hospitals, residential areas and State Capitol. The known assignments included the road systems in the Great Smoky Mountains, Acadia National Park, Yosemite Valley and the Piedmont Park, a residential area in the Canadian Oak Bay, parking systems in cities such as Portland and Seattle as well as the Northern State Hospital in the state of Washington.
The two brothers were also collaborating with Harland Bartholomew co-authors of the 1930 report, published for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, entitled "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region ," in which they preserve public leisure areas of the southern California recommended.
Selected private and public projects
- Audubon Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Ashland Park, For Sale in Lexington ( Kentucky)
- The British Properties, Vancouver, Canada
- Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridgeshire, England
- Golf Course of the Caracas Country Club
- Cleveland Metroparks, Ohio
- Elm Bank Horticulture Center, Wellesley (Massachusetts )
- First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway, Queens
- Fort Tryon Park, New York City
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge (Massachusetts )
- Grover Cleveland Park, Caldwell (New Jersey)
- High Point Park, Montague (New Jersey)
- Katonah Village Historic District, Katonah (New York)
- Outer regions of the Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort (Kentucky)
- Leimert Park, Los Angeles
- Metro Parks, Summit County (Ohio )
- Manito Park and Botanical Gardens, Spokane ( Washington)
- Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois
- Oheka Castle, Cold Spring Hills, New York
- Pope Park, Hartford ( Connecticut )
- Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach ( California )
- South Mountain Reservation, New Jersey
- Verona Park, Verona (New Jersey)
- Wade Park, Cleveland
- Campus of Washington State Capitol, Olympia ( Washington)
- Watsessing Park, Bloomfield (New Jersey)
Campus designs
- Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania)
- Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Denison University, Granville (Ohio )
- Harvard Business School, Allston ( Boston)
- Haverford College, Haverford (Pennsylvania)
- Huntingdon College, Montgomery (Alabama )
- Indiana University, Bloomington (Indiana)
- Iowa State University, Ames ( Iowa)
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Middlesex School, Concord (Massachusetts )
- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley (Massachusetts )
- Newton Country Day School, Newton ( Massachusetts)
- Oberlin College, Oberlin (Ohio )
- Ohio State University, Columbus ( Ohio)
- Oregon State University, Corvallis (Oregon )
- Saint Joseph College, West Hartford ( Connecticut )
- Samford University, Homewood (Alabama )
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- University of Florida, Gainesville ( Florida)
- University of Idaho, Moscow (Idaho )
- University of Montevallo, Montevallo (Alabama )
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame ( Indiana)
- University of Rhode Iceland, Kingston ( Rhode Iceland )
- University of Washington, Seattle
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
- Main campus of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
- Williams College, Williamstown (Massachusetts )