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Newport Landscape Architects



  Newport Landscape Architects

The information on landscape architects and gardeners of Newport County has been taken from a number of sources, many of which disagree about the individuals responsible for particular projects and landscape plans. Often more than one landscape architect was involved in work on an estate at different times and for different owners. We welcome additions and clarifications. Any questions or suggestions may be sent to Lynda Bronaugh.


Historic Landscape
(and Original Proprietors)

Location

Architects/Gardeners(*)

Beacon Hill House - Blue Garden

(Arthur Curtiss James)

Beacon Hill Road

Olmsted Bros., Hempsted of Boston, John Greatorex

Beaulieu

(Federico L. Barieda, William Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Wiley Buchanan)

Bellevue Avenue

Eugene A. Bauman, Hugh Williamson*

Beechwood

(Daniel Parish, William B. and Vincent Astor)

Bellevue Avenue

Mr. Ehllers David Boyd*

Berkeley Villa

(Martha C. Codman)

Bellevue Avenue

Ogden Codman

Berry Hill

Hammersmith Road

Samuel Parsons, John Salvador

Bethshan

(Theodore K. Gibbs)

Gibbs Avenue

Charles Sprague Sargent, Mrs. T.K. Gibbs, Fred Hall*

Bethshan-in-the-Woods

Middletown

Mrs. T.K. Gibbs

No Appellation

(Charles and Metcalf Bowler)

Portsmouth

Johann Casper Ohlman

Breakers

(Cornelius Vanderbilt)

Ochre Point Avenue

James H. Bowditch, William Murphy*

Chetwode

(W. Storrs Wells, John Jacob Astor)

Narragansett Avenue

John Russell Pope, Hugh Meikle*

Eastbourne Lodge

(W.F. Whitehouse)

Rhode Island Avenue

Tom Shea*

Easton's Beach

First Beach

Olmsted? (which?)

Elm Court or The Cedars

(Andrew A. Robeson, Frederick W. Stevens, Mrs. Guy F. Carey)

Bowery Street

Michael Butler, Archie Scott*

Elms

(E.J. and Julia Berwind)

Bellevue Avenue

Ernest Bowditch

No Appellation

(Arthur Emmons)

Corner Gibbs / Catherine

John J. Sullivan*

Eveherdee

(Mr. Herbert Stride)

Corner Gibbs / Memorial

Mr. Stride

Fairholme

(Fairman Rogers, John R. Drexel, Count and Countess Villa, Robert Young)

Ruggles Avenue

Ed Souza*

No Appellation

(Wolcott Gibbs)

Corner of Gibbs / Catherine

Dr. Gibbs and nephew Neil Betton

The Glen or Glen Farm

(Moses Taylor)

Portsmouth

F.L. Olmsted

Green Animals

(Thomas E. Brayton and Alice Brayton)

Portsmouth

Joseph Carreiro

Grey Craig

Middletown

Ferrucio Vitale, Thomas Sylvia*

Hammersmith Farm

(Hugh D. Auchincloss, Sr.)

Harrison Avenue

Olmsted Bros., Manuel Faria*

Harbour Court

Halidon Hill

Warren Manning, Harold Hill Blossom, Olmsted Bros.

Harbor Garden

n/a

Harold Blossom

Hopedene

(Charles C. Paterson)

Cliff Avenue

Ogden Codman

Ker Arvor

(Snowden Fahnstock)

n/a

John Hopf*

Kingscote

(George Noble Jones)

Bowery Street

Andrew Jackson Downing

Land's End

(R.L. Beeckman)

Ledge Road

Beatrix Ferrand

Lazy Lawn

(Frances R. Arnold)

Third Beach Road

Samuel Green Arnold

Malbone House

(Jonathan Prescott Hall, Henry Bedlow, L.G. Moriss, J.H. Leach)

Malbone Road

Andrew Jackson Downing

Marble House

(Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont, Frederick H. Prince)

Bellevue Avenue

Ernest Bowditch

Mariemount

Middletown

Henry Vincent Hubbard or F.L. Olmsted (?)

Mason Estate or St. Michael's School

(Miss Ellen Mason)

Rhode Island Avenue

Olmsted Bros.

Merrillton

(Samuel Powell, Mrs. George B. Merrill)

Bowery Street

Andrew Jackson Downing, Mr. Powell

Miantonomi Park

Newport

Olmsted Bros.

Miramar

(George D. Widener, Alexander Hamilton Rice)

Bellevue Avenue

Jacques Greber

Morton Park

(Levi Parsons Morton)

Newport

Charles Eliot, F.L. Olmsteed

Oakland Farm

(George Gibbs, Alfred Vanderbilt)

Portsmouth

Sarah Gibbs

No Appellation

(Abraham Redwood)

Portsmouth

Charles Dunham*

Redwood Library

Bellevue Avenue

John Russell Pope

The Reefs

(Theodore M. Davis)

Ocean Drive

F.L. Olmsted Angus Macmillan*

Restmere or Villalou

(Alexander van Rensselaer)

Middletown

Michael Butler

Rosecliff

(Herman Oelrichs)

Bellevue Avenue

George Bancroft

Shadow Lawn

(Hamilton Hoppin)

Middletown

Michael Butler

Stoneacre

(John W. Ellis, Mrs. Edward R. Thomas)

Bellevue Avenue

F.L. Olmsted, Alexander MacLellan*

Vaucluse

(Samuel Elam)

Middletown

Johann Casper Ohlman

Vernon Court

(Mrs. Richard Gambrill)

Bellevue / Shepard Avenue

Wadley and Smyth

Vinland

(Catherine L. Wolf, H. McK. Twombly)

Ochre Point

James H. Bowditch, Olmsted Bros., Jim Dye*

Wakehurst

(James J. van Alen)

Ochre Point / Leroy Avenue

Ernest W. Bowditch, Ogden Codman

Wildacre

(Albert H. Olmsted)

Ocean Drive

F.L. Olmsted



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