Olmsted, Frederick Law, House, National Historic Site - Brookline MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 19.526 W 071° 07.928
19T E 324320 N 4688111
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 25, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American landscape architecture, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City.[1]
Waymark Code: WM5AJJ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2008
Views: 7
Other projects include the country's oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, the country's oldest state park, the Niagara Reservation in Niagara Falls, New York, Mount Royal Park in Montreal, the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Massachusetts, the Belle Isle Park, in Detroit, Michigan, the Grand Necklace of Parks including Washington Park, Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Cherokee Park (and the entire parks and parkway system) in Louisville, Kentucky, the Jackson Park, the Washington Park, the Midway Plaisance in Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition, the landscape surrounding the United States Capitol building, George Washington Vanderbilt II's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, and Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.
County / Borough / Parish: Norfolk
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Street address: Not listed
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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