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Artist:

Joseph E. Burgess, 1890 - Jan 1961  Search this

Copy after:

Ercole Cartotto, 26 Jan 1889 - 3 Oct 1946  Search this

Sitter:

Calvin Coolidge, 4 Jul 1872 - 5 Jan 1933  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Frame (Verified): 160.7 x 112.7 x 6.4cm (63 1/4 x 44 3/8 x 2 1/2")

Stretcher: 143.5 × 97.2cm (56 1/2 × 38 1/4")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1956

Topic:

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Interior\Office  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Male  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Literature\Writer  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\Governor\Massachusetts  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\Government official  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\State Senator\Massachusetts  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\Lieutenant Governor\Massachusetts  Search this

Calvin Coolidge: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Massachusetts  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta

Object number:

NPG.65.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)

On View:

NPG, West Gallery 210

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cdb16320-006f-4e78-82f6-5d7b68b7c0db

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.65.13

Artist:

John Sartain, 24 Oct 1808 - 25 Oct 1897  Search this

Copy after:

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1796 - 1881  Search this

Sitter:

Cinqué, 1817? - 1879?  Search this

Medium:

Mezzotint on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 23.2 x 19.1cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/2")

Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")

Type:

Print

Date:

c. 1840

Topic:

Exterior  Search this

Exterior\Landscape  Search this

Cinqué: Male  Search this

Cinqué: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person  Search this

Cinqué: Politics and Government\Foreign leader  Search this

Cinqué: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Insurrectionist  Search this

Cinqué: Law and Crime\Criminal\Mutineer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.69.66

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e163813c-12da-4b11-8b3d-003c068fb7d2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.69.66

Artist:

Anders Leonard Zorn, 18 Feb 1860 - 1920  Search this

Sitter:

Stephen Grover Cleveland, 18 Mar 1837 - 24 Jun 1908  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Frame (Verified): 160 x 129.5 x 12.1cm (63 x 51 x 4 3/4")

Stretcher: 121.8 × 91.4cm (47 15/16 × 36")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1899

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Architecture\Window  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Watch\Pocket watch  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Male  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Law and Crime\Police\Sheriff  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee  Search this

Stephen Grover Cleveland: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Buffalo, NY  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Reverend Thomas G. Cleveland

Object number:

NPG.77.229

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)

On View:

NPG, West Gallery 210

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c5e2afab-adf8-44a9-aaae-b8b72f3094b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.229

Artist:

Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 45 x 38.6cm (17 11/16 x 15 3/16")

Mat: 61.9 x 50.2cm (24 3/8 x 19 3/4")

Frame: 74.9 x 63.8 x 7cm (29 1/2 x 25 1/8 x 2 3/4")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

1865

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Object number:

NPG.81.M1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm488bacb86-047c-4082-baad-544502d34a42

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M1

Artist:

Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902  Search this

Sitter:

Charles Sumner, 6 Jan 1811 - 11 Mar 1874  Search this

Medium:

Wood engraving on paper

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 41 × 28 cm (16 1/8 × 11")

Type:

Print

Date:

December 28, 1872

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Container\Basket  Search this

Equipment\Medical Equipment\Crutch  Search this

Newspaper  Search this

Cartoon\Political  Search this

Charles Sumner: Male  Search this

Charles Sumner: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Charles Sumner: Politics and Government\Statesman  Search this

Charles Sumner: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

Charles Sumner: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.86.176

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4be1d48d6-4fe4-4f82-ba7f-a548c3ebf5d7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.86.176

Artist:

Everett Raymond Kinstler, 5 Aug 1926 - 26 May 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., 14 Jul 1913 - 26 Dec 2006  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 111.1 x 85.4cm (43 3/4 x 33 5/8")

Frame: 136.2 x 111.1 x 10.2cm (53 5/8 x 43 3/4 x 4")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1987

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Male  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Michigan  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation

Object number:

NPG.87.245

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 1987 Everett Raymond Kinstler

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)

On View:

NPG, West Gallery 210

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ce39533d-459d-47dc-9479-54d84ed8fd98

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.87.245

Commissioned by:

Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019  Search this

Created by:

John Moutoussamy, American, 1922 - 1995  Search this

Designed by:

Arthur Dea Elrod, American, 1924 - 1974  Search this

William C. Raiser, American, 1916 - 1974  Search this

Used by:

Ebony, American, founded 1945  Search this

Charla L. Draper, American  Search this

Charlotte Lyons, American  Search this

Manufactured by:

General Electric Corporation, American, founded 1892  Search this

Medium:

laminate, steel, wood and plastic with fabric, synthetic fiber, and other materials

Dimensions:

L x W (kitchen and seating area, assembled): 26 ft × 13 ft (7.9 meters × 3.97 meters)

H (kitchen ceiling): 8 ft (2.4 meters)

H (seating area ceiling): 8.5 ft (2.5 meters)

Type:

kitchens

appliances

Place used:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1971; restored 2019

Topic:

African American  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Cooking and dining  Search this

Design  Search this

Foodways  Search this

Interior design  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Landmarks Illinois and the Museum of Food and Drink

Object number:

SC.0086

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Buildings and Structures

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd569ac211b-2cd7-403e-b230-260dff2edfd7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_SC.0086

Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Names:

New York Flower Show  Search this

Extent:

37000 Slides (photographs) (35mm slides)

33 Linear feet ((garden files))

3,000 Lantern slides

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Lantern slides

Plans (drawings)

Brochures

Articles

Correspondence

Clippings

Date:

circa 1920-present

Summary:

This collection contains over 37,000 35mm slides, 3,000 glass lantern slides and garden files that may include descriptive information, photocopied articles (from journals, newspapers, or books), planting lists, correspondence, brochures, landscape plans and drawings. Garden files were compiled by Garden Club of America (GCA) members for most of the gardens included in the collection. Some gardens have been photographed over the course of several decades; others only have images from a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland.

A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. The GCA was incorporated in Delaware in 1923, with its headquarters established in New York City. Today, local clubs are organized under twelve regional zones. The GCA continues its tradition of hosting flower shows and publishing material related to gardening in the United States.

The GCA's glass lantern slides were used by The GCA for presentations and lectures about notable gardens throughout the United States dating back to colonial times. An effort was made in the late 1980s, in preparation of the 75th anniversary of the Garden Club of America's founding, to collect the disbursed slides. These slides were to eventually form the Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens. The informational value of this collection is extensive since a number of images of the more than 4,500 gardens represented show garden designs that have changed over time or no longer exist. While the majority of images document a range of designed upper and upper-middle class gardens throughout the U.S., the scope of the collection is expanding as volunteers photograph and document contemporary gardens including community and vernacular gardens.

The gardens illustrate the design work of dozens of landscape architects including Marian Coffin, Beatrix Farrand, Lawrence Halprin, Hare & Hare, Umberto Innocenti, Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen, Warren Manning, the Olmsted Brothers, Charles Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, and Fletcher Steele. Because of their proximity to the gardens, works of notable architects and sculptors may also be featured in the images.

Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- France  Search this

Gardens -- Italy  Search this

Gardens -- Japan  Search this

Gardens -- Mexico  Search this

Flower shows  Search this

Gardening -- United States -- societies, etc  Search this

Gardens -- England  Search this

Landscape architecture  Search this

Gardens -- United States  Search this

Gardens -- Spain  Search this

Gardens -- Scotland  Search this

Genre/Form:

Plans (drawings)

Brochures

Articles

Correspondence

Clippings

Lantern slides

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb617385372-1028-4cb7-b07d-04fea2e51c47

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-gca

Consultant:

Verey, Rosemary  Search this

Landscape architect:

Lester, Charles F.  Search this

Former owner:

Craig, John J., Mrs.  Search this

Craig, John J.  Search this

Garden designer:

Spengler, Mary  Search this

Architect:

Barber & McMurry  Search this

Creator:

Knoxville Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Craiglen (Knoxville, Tennessee)

United States of America -- Tennessee -- Knox County -- Knoxville

Scope and Contents:

Copies of original photographs are included in file.

The folder includes a work sheet, garden plans, photo copies of articles, nursery invoices, correspondence, and booklet on Craig family and Candoro Marble Company.

General:

Charles I. Barber, of Barber and McMurry, designed the house in 1926 for Mr. John J. Craig, III., one of the owners of Candoro Marble Company. Landscape architect Charles F. Lester was hired to mold the surrounding eighty acres to complement the strongly Italianate house. Lester laid out green terraces on a slope between the north front of the house and a man-made lake below and created a large formal garden to the west. Developers purchased the property in 1971, with the intent of demolishing the residence and constructing a subdivision. The house and several acres, however, were preserved with the remaining being developed into the Westlands and Westchase condominiums and Craigland subdivision. The current owners of the existing property have restored and renovated the gardens and remaining two acres of property, which combine formal and naturalistic elements. In 1998, a wall was added to define the north side of the formal garden, which features ponds and stone benches original to the property, concrete sculptures, boxwoods, and espaliered "Smoothee" apple trees. To the east of the house is a large lawn surrounded by woods of mature dogwoods, maples, tulip poplars, magnolias, hackberries, walnuts, oaks, and hemlocks. A cottage garden is kept behind the garage. The owners planted an herb garden in large clay pots just outside the kitchen door.

Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. John J. Craig, III. (former owners, 1926-1945); Mrs. John J. Craig, III. (former owner, 1945-1971); Mrs. and Mrs. Calvin Walter (former owners, 1971-1992); Charles F. Lester (landscape architect, 1926); Charles I. Barber (architect, 1926); Albert Milani (marble sculpture, 1926); Mary Spengler (garden designer, 1992-1998); Rosemary Verey (garden consultant, 1995); and Peter Thevenot (plant supplier, 1998).

Related Materials:

Craiglen related holdings consist of 1 folder (11 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Courtyard gardens  Search this

Gardens -- Tennessee -- Knoxville  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Cottage gardens  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File TN064

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb68eb85b97-30ff-4321-b07b-2b585be168da

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref10919

Creator:

Pillow, Gideon Johnson  Search this

Williams, Henry Melville  Search this

Ridley, J. W. S.  Search this

Architect:

Vaught, Nathan  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Tennessee -- Columbia

United States of America -- Tennessee -- Maury County -- Columbia

Date:

1987

General:

Sketch by Clyde Seale "Restoration of greenhouse".

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Plan views  Search this

Landscape restoration  Search this

Plan views  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item TN021011

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee / TN021: Columbia -- Clifton Place

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6630158c2-aef1-4930-9796-5cf6151a40ab

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref10998

Former owner:

Bartlett, Adolphus Clay  Search this

Bartlett, Adolphus Clay, Mrs.  Search this

Spencer, William Marvin, Colonel, Mr.  Search this

Spencer, William Marvin, Colonel, Mrs.  Search this

Landscape architect:

Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920  Search this

Mariani Landscape  Search this

Architect:

Shaw, Howard Van Doren  Search this

Provenance:

Lake Geneva Garden Club  Search this

Arborist:

Bartlett Tree Experts  Search this

Creator:

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Digital images

Place:

House in the Woods (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

United States of America -- Wisconsin -- Walworth -- Lake Geneva

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and articles about the house.

General:

Beauty without boundaries is the guiding principle for the more than 50 acre vacation estate. Since it was identified as one of the most beautiful country houses by Ladies Home Journal in 1912 and had gardens landscaped by John Charles Olmsted in 1905, the owners chose to restore rather than renovate when they purchased the property in 1971. The wooded shore of Lake Geneva with rockwork retaining walls transitions into an ornamentally landscaped estate. Drifts of hydrangea, hosta and buckeye at the gated entrance are succeeded by the original concrete driveway through woodland gardens with sugar maple, red oak, white oak, linden, boxwood, ground covers and perennial flowers that include daylilies, bleeding heart, phlox, and rugose roses. The formal drive circle at the house has a fountain in the center and a perimeter of flowering shrubs and variegated ivy topiaries. A grass terrace facing the lake features a rustic planted stone staircase. White roses and hydrangea are accented by a bell placed on an old tree stump. The children's garden has containers of vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs with rustic wattle arches and furniture.

An enclosed courtyard for the swimming pool between the main house and guest house has clipped yew hedges, ground covers and perennials, trumpet, clematis and wisteria vines, and potted citrus trees. Near stands of mature trees planted more than 100 years ago there is a grotto, a mound of soil and stones topped by a statue with a stone bench nearby. One lawn is kept sculpted into a labyrinth. There is a mineral spring on the property, which is said to be restorative, that flows into a fieldstone basin surrounded by a planted rockwork wall. The other formal gardens include a rose garden planted in parterres and enclosed by espaliered apple trees and an organic potager with vegetable, herb and cutting flower beds laid out geometrically on either side of a wide path of stabilized degenerate granite with more espaliered fruit trees on the surrounding wire fence and covering a pergola.

Renovations were required for a family member with disablilites, including widened and level walkways with very gradual inclines, smooth stone patios and terraces with narrow joints, benches placed where there are good views of the lake, access to the house and swimming pool, and an elevator to the second floor inside the house. Trees in the woodland gardens were replaced as needed and tagged for future reference.

Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Clay Bartlett (former owners, 1905-1930); Colonel and Mrs. William Marvin Spencer (former owners, 1930-1971); John Charles Olmsted (landscape architect, 1905); Howard Van Doren Shaw (architect, 1905); Bartlett Tree Experts (arborists, 2011); Mariani Landscape (landscape architect, 1980- ).

The property was featured in "Ladies Home Journal" in 1909 when it was selected as one of the the twelve most beautiful homes in America.

Related Materials:

House in the Woods related holdings consist of 1 folder (3 35mm slides (photographs); and 21 digital images)

Records related to this site can be found at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Olmsted Job Number 03038, A. C. Bartlett.

See others in:

Richard Marchand historical postcard collection, circa 1900s-1970s, bulk 1920-1940s.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Lake Geneva  Search this

Genre/Form:

Digital images

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File WI027

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Wisconsin

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb65ecad488-b154-45ec-85d7-31c2ef917cc4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref11667

Former owner:

Chapin, Simeon B.  Search this

Trinke, William  Search this

Architect:

Marshall, Benjamin H.  Search this

Nagle, James  Search this

Landscape architect:

The Brickman Group, Ltd.  Search this

Provenance:

Lake Geneva Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Flowerside Inn (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

United States of America -- Wisconsin -- Walworth County -- Lake Geneva

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a worksheet, garden plans, plant lists, and a photocopy of an article about the garden.

General:

Built in 1898 on the shores of Lake Geneva as a summer home for a New York City family, Flowerside Inn once employed up to 15 gardeners to maintain its extensive formal landscaping. The current owners purchased the property in 1976, and, after restoring the house, turned to the gardens, which had suffered from years of neglect. All that remained were the stately maples that shaded the home from the summer sun, while a weed-ridden lawn marched to the lakeside door and broken black asphalt greeted the drive door. With the help of a nationally renowned landscaping firm and the personal knowledge of the owner, who is active in the Lake Geneva Garden Club, the entire grounds have been landscaped with native species and more modern hybrids bred to withstand harsh winter winds and searing summer sun. The lake to the south is now fully exposed with a shoreline of flag iris, roses and daylilies combined with hosta and astilbe where the tree shade blocks the sun. A pier house, dragged one winter onto the shore, is now an attractive shoreside gazebo. The kitchen bay window looks out on a rose garden and birdbath.

The drive entrance on the north side of the home has been curved to lead gently to the front door and paved with bricks reflecting the brown tones of the landscaping. The edges have been planted with hawthornes, hosta, daylilies, coneflowers, hydrangeas, roses, liatris, daisies, peonies, azaleas, sedum, and other perennials, supplemented with annuals left over from the planting of window boxes that line the second story windows and the front entrance. An antique English garden wagon sits on the drive loaded with pots of annual flowers. There is variety in both color and green plant material throughout the growing season. A rambling perennial bed provides cut flowers, and the recently added "deer garden" provides a protected environment in which the owner can grow roses and lilies together with bellflowers, coreopsis, zinnias, sunflower, and vegetables without the fear of the deer. She built a "tennis court" which has a 10.5 foot black-clad chain link fence (too high for the deer to jump), and covered the fence with annual and perennial vines. Fencing continues underground for 18 inches, so even the little wild folk are denied the garden greens for their salad. Recent acquisitions include a 1900s gazing ball, marble statues of the four seasons, and a bench beneath an arbor.

Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Simeon B. Chapin (former owner, ca. 1896); William Trinke (former owner, ca. 1952); Benjamin H. Marshall (architect, 1896 and 1906); James Nagle (architect, 1999); and The Brickman Group (landscape designers, 1993-1997).

Related Materials:

Flowerside Inn related holdings consist of 1 folder (17 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Lake Geneva  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File WI028

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Wisconsin

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb606dbf1f8-f335-44c6-bde2-acdd1e171f83

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref11668

Photographer:

Staab, John M.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Flowerside Inn (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

United States of America -- Wisconsin -- Walworth County -- Lake Geneva

Date:

1999.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Lake Geneva  Search this

Trees  Search this

Perennials  Search this

Outdoor furniture  Search this

Rudbeckia  Search this

Boathouses  Search this

Garden structures  Search this

Lakes  Search this

Willows  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item WI028017

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Wisconsin / WI028: Lake Geneva -- Flowerside Inn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb642704593-9abe-4751-85ce-3af13016b264

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref11726

Photographer:

Hays, Joseph A.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Windwood Garden (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)

United States of America -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County -- Milwaukee

Date:

2007 Sep.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Lake Geneva  Search this

Fountains  Search this

Trees  Search this

Ponds  Search this

Grasses  Search this

Houses  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item WI038006

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Wisconsin / WI038: Lake Geneva -- Windwood Garden

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a58a9dcf-2afb-4b9f-9b4a-4033616f0929

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref11771

Provenance:

The Palmetto Garden Club of South Carolina  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charleston

William Gibbes House (Charleston, South Carolina)

Scope and Contents:

31 digital images (2011, 2018), 1 lantern slide, and 1 35mm slide and 3 file folders. Other documents about the property and garden design plans are included in folder 3.

General:

In 1928 Cornelia Roebling commissioned landscape architect Loutrel Briggs to design formal gardens for her late 18th century Georgian-style home that would incorporate the spirit of the past and utilize local plant and hardscape materials. His design for this one acre property came to be known as the Charleston Garden Style that he replicated successfully many times. The current owner is restoring and enhancing Briggs' design with eleven distinct rooms, all behind screens formed by 19th century high brick walls and tall plants. The rooms are linked by shell flagstone or brick axial walkways with repeated colors, plant materials and shapes creating harmony. Magnolias, cedars, live oaks, crepe myrtles, palms, hollies, cypress, pittosporum, yew, boxwood, camellias, azaleas, liriope, mondo grass and ferns are repeated in many garden rooms, with pink, purple or white flowers predominating. The lawn garden to one side of the main residence is surrounded by shell walkways edged in brick with borders planted with conifers, hydrangeas, azaleas, boxwood, privet, tall hollies, and a large magnolia. The restored old garden that predates Briggs has four boxwood parterres planted with roses with a birdbath in the center. The three-foot pond with ogee corners has a pyramid-shaped boxwood in each corner, seasonal beds inside the wall with boxwood edging, island beds planted with camellias and mondo grass, and a small terrace with a bench off to one side shaded by wisteria. Cedars and crepe myrtles also provide shade in warm weather. A brick, unroofed summer house built in the 19th century by owner John Grimke Drayton has an 18th century marble entablature and is draped with white roses.

Next to the summer house along the brick wall there is a new garden with two formal diamond- shaped beds planted in purple and white and two beds with magnolias. The east-west axial long walk behind the house was broken up by a later 25-foot square swimming pool; it is bordered by brick columns connected by chains draped with yellow roses and a pittosporum hedge clipped like waves. In the pool garden there are Meyer lemon standards, yoshino cherries, and verbenas. The court garden terrace behind the house is bordered by beds with camellias, ferns, liriope, aspidistra, mondo grass and ferns growing in brick walls. Beds alongside the drive and around the parking area feature a mature live oak, azaleas, roses, crepe myrtles and seasonal plantings that complement the pink stucco walls of the guest house. The old brick privy court is used for storage and for growing tomatoes, with a white picket fence atop a low brick wall. A trellis planted with confederate jasmine and a row of Italian cypress mark the transition to the citrus garden on the site of the old drying yard. There are grapefruit, kumquat, orange and lemon trees planted in two rows of octagonal beds, repeating the formal design of the parterre gardens. The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Persons associated with the garden include: William Gibbes and family (former owners, 1772-1794); Sarah Moore Smith family and descendants (former owners, 1794-circa 1885); J.B.E. Sloan family and descendants (former owners, 1885-circa 1928); Cornelia W. Roebling family and descendants (former owners, 1926-1984); Historic Charleston Foundation (former owner, 1984-1986); Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Leath (former owners, 1986-1996); Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trainer (former owners, 1996-circa 2006); Loutrel Winslow Briggs (1893-1977) (landscape architect, 1928); Dr. Eugene Johnson (landscape designer, 2018).

Related Materials:

See also the Eleanor Weller Collection for a 35mm reproduction of SC074001.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Charleston  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC074

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

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Archives of American Gardens

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69bff1ee8-82ed-4a32-9e6f-148ecf66f00f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12460

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Simonton House (Charleston, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- Charleston

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes an information sheet and a copy of the information posted by Preservation Society of Charleston at 32 Legare Street in 2003.

General:

Simonton House, also known as Sword House, is located at 32 Legare Street in Charleston, South Carolina. The first house on the property was built by goldsmith, Solomon Legare. The Sword Gate was made by ironworker Christopher Werner in 1938 for another house, but it was installed on this site in 1849. The property was restored as a private residence in 2002.

Related Materials:

Simonton House related holdings consist of 1 folder (1 lantern slide)

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Simonton House, c.1930.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Charleston  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC090

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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e4a29e8b-0280-4d0e-aa61-f5d6ea13dd3d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12463

Landscape designer:

Johnson, Eugene Gaillard  Search this

Conservator of the house:

Marks, Richard  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Isaac Motte Dart House (Charleston, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charleston

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles.

General:

Most gardens in Charleston, South Carolina's historic district are small pocket gardens: this property has a half-acre divided into seven distinct garden rooms in addition to the 1806 Federal style house and the 1823 Gothic Revival style brick carriage house. When the current owners found this property in 1993 both buildings were derelict and nothing remained of the historic garden which was an asphalt parking lot. After the buildings were restored the owners removed the asphalt and underlying cobblestones, brought in topsoil and compost, and installed boxwood and other hedges and picket fencing painted dark green to divide the property into garden rooms. Although influenced by French and Baroque styles the formal structure predominantly resembles Italianate style gardens, with a color palette of green and white with accents in pink and purple from azaleas, camellias, crape myrtles and roses. Walkways are comprised of dark gray crushed slag, old bricks found on the property and elsewhere are stood on end and used as edging, and a brick Gothic style folly used as a garden shed was built.

The long driveway is the main axis, comprised of two cobblestone runways set in St. Augustine grass with globe-shaped boxwood hedges on either side. A formal parterre garden is along one side (opposite the main house) with two beds in the shape of Celtic crosses, a repeating shape in other garden rooms. There are Luytens benches at either end, and a hedge of alternating holly and cypress along the property line. The next room is known as the sitting garden where there is another Luytens bench under an arbor of confederate jasmine, a wall sculpture of Bacchus and a table and chairs for dining. In the back corner of the property there is a shade garden with tropical plants in a looser, less rectilinear style than the other rooms with irregular bluestone paving. The car park garden at the end of the driveway has the Gothic folly, brick edging and wrought iron gates with the same quatrefoil design as the carriage house.

The carriage house faces the formal garden which has four quadrants edged in boxwood, each with a standard bay tree, with a circular bed of crossed boxwood hedges in the center. The rose garden, outlined with boxwood, is in the shape of a teardrop or paisley motif and has a 19th century Celtic cross used as a trellis for noisette roses. The herb garden with remnants of the brick wall of the historic kitchen outbuilding is tucked between the carriage house and the main house.

Persons associated with the garden include: John Harleston (former owner, before 1795); John Rutledge (former owner, circa 1795); Isaac Motte Dart (former owner, 1801-1815); Edward Washington North (former owner, 1824-1845); members of the Simons family (former owners, 1845-1859); American Missionary Association (former owner, 1930-1950); Palmer College (former owner, 1954-1973); Historic Charleston Foundation (former owner, until 1993); Richard Marks (conservator of the house, 1993-1996); Eugene Gaillard Johnson (landscape designer, 1993- ).

Related Materials:

Isaac Motte Dart House related holdings consist of 1 folder (28 digital images)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Charleston  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC111

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb691a40672-3ffd-4679-a5bd-b5a34fbc5752

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12464

Former owner:

Hall, Ainsley  Search this

Hampton, Wade General, 1818-1902  Search this

Hampton, Mary Cantey  Search this

Preston, John  Search this

Moses, Emma  Search this

Moses, Franklin J.  Search this

Ursuline Convent (Columbia, South Carolina)  Search this

Chicora College for Women  Search this

Presbyterian Institute for Women (Columbia, South Carolina)  Search this

Westerveldt Children's Academy  Search this

Landscape designer:

Hampton, Mary Cantey  Search this

Landscape architect:

Dargan, Hugh  Search this

Architect:

Yates & Phillips  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Hampton-Preston House and Garden (Columbia, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Richland County -- Columbia

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a worksheet, garden designs, narrative histories of the house and garden and its restoration, photocopies of publications featuring the garden, and other information.

General:

Originally built in 1818, the Hampton-Preston House has been restored to reflect the years 1835-1855. Likewise, the gardens have been restored to reflect the ante-bellum period. During the 19th century the garden was described as one of the most extensive and elaborate town gardens in the United States, and included rare plants, shrubs, trees, fountains, and arbors. Plantings included magnolias and cedars. Destroyed in the 1940s, the garden was restored in the 1980s; landscape architect Hugh Dargan spent three years on the project. Plant material known to have been used during the residency of Mary Cantey Hampton in the 19th century dominates the landscape.

Persons and organizations associated with the property include: Ainsley Hall (former owner, 1820-1823); General Wade Hampton (former owner, 1823-1848); Mary Cantey Hampton (former owner and landscape designer, 1823-1848); John Preston (former owner, ca. 1848); Franklin J. and Emma Moses (former owners, ca. 1870); Hugh Dargan (landscape architect, 1980s); Yates & Phillips (architects); the Ursuline Convent (former owners, 1890-1915); the Presbyterian Institute for Women (former owner); Chicora College for Women (former owner); and Westerveldt Children's Academy (former owner).

Related Materials:

Hampton-Preston House and Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Columbia  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC032

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e2d978f5-170a-4fe2-a53a-951e0ed768e1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12467

Landscape architect:

Briggs, Loutrel W.  Search this

Owner:

Chapman, Clarence  Search this

Provenance:

Little Garden Club of Rye  Search this

Creator:

Broughton, Thomas Col  Search this

Collection, John, Sir  Search this

Barker, Theodore G., Major  Search this

Chapman, Clarence  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Berkeley County -- Moncks Corner

Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Berkeley County -- Moncks Corner

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and photocopies of book excerpts and articles.

General:

The brick house at Mulberry Plantation was built on a bluff by the first owner, Thomas Broughton in 1714, the date inscribed in iron on the four weathervanes atop the four pavilions at the corners of the house. Situated along the Cooper River the current property comprises 805 acres and includes gardens on three levels: a formal boxwood parterre garden next to the house, a descending camellia walk, and a formal circle garden, all designed by Loutrel W. Briggs (b.1893-d.1977) circa 1930. Other features include a parterre kitchen garden, a Live oak allée, lagoon, rolling lawns and the oldest mulberry tree in the country. The plantation grew rice at various times in its history, as well as indigo and forest products. Another 19th century commercial project that did not succeed was breeding silk worms to produce domestic silk, with mulberry trees planted to house the worms. By the early 20th century the property was in decline and was sold out of the Broughton family to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Chapman as a winter retreat. The Chapmans restored the house and brought in Briggs, known for developing the Charleston style for the many small gardens he designed in the city and at other Cooper River plantations.

Mulberry Plantation was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The style of the house has been described as Jacobean and French, with a mansard roof, rather than a typical low-country wooden structure. The brick house may have been used as a fortress against attacks during the Yamesse War in 1715, between settlers and Native Americans. At one time there were many slave cabins on the property but now only one remains that has been used as a hunting lodge.

Persons associated with the garden include Thomas Broughton and descendents (former owners, 1714-1914); Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chapman (former owners, 1915-1981); Historic Charleston Foundation (former owners, 1981-1987); Loutrel Winslow Briggs (December 12, 1893-May, 1977) (landscape designer, circa 1930)

Related Materials:

Mulberry Plantation related holdings consist of 2 folders (2 35mm slides (photographs) + 27 digital images)

Mulberry Plantation related holdings consist of 1 slide (photograph) (col., 35mm.)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Moncks Corner  Search this

Plantations  Search this

Spring  Search this

Box  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Sundials  Search this

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Moncks Corner  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC061

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb60ba6e02c-2caf-4c96-88a7-9520448a1b9b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12489

Former owner:

Broughton, Philip S.  Search this

Barker, Sanford W.  Search this

Chapman, Clarence  Search this

Provenance:

Little Garden Club of Rye  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

South Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)

United States of America -- South Carolina -- Berkeley County -- Moncks Corner

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets, site plans, and other information.

General:

Located on nine hundred and one acres, South Mulberry Plantation was established in 1809 and created out of the larger Mulberry Plantation when Philip S. Broughton inherited the tract from his father. Broughton's son-in-law and botanist Dr.Sanford W. Barker, constructed the house on South Mulberry Plantation around 1835 and probably laid out the formal garden west of the house which remains to this day. The garden has borders of boxwood and pittosporum growing along the original pierced brick wall that edges the entire garden area. A path leading through the center of the garden is flanked by semicircular areas of flowering plants that mimic those found in the original garden. A reflecting pool is at one end accompanied by a bench and potted palms. A sweet potato vine climbs an arbor outside the garden wall.

The house retains much of its original interior fabric. Side additions were added before the Civil War and a rear wing was added at the turn of the century by a duck hunting club. Other buildings on the property include: a guest house, ice house, chicken coop, barns and an old slave cabin turned art studio. A pecan grove, pastures, woodlands, fields, pond and lagoon are also part of the plantation landscape. Fallen into disrepair by the 1980's, the property was once more reunited with its parent Mulberry and has been carefully restored and furnished by the current owners.

Persons associated with the property include: Philip S. Broughton (former owner, 1809-1835), Dr. Sanford W. Barker (former owner, 1835-1915), Clarence Chapman (former owner, 1915-1987).

Related Materials:

South Mulberry Plantation related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 digital images)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- South Carolina -- Moncks Corner  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File SC104

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / South Carolina

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb67684740c-2077-4dc5-9160-365dc4cd32c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12490