Table of Contents
Introduction 10
Acknowledgments 14
Alabama
Birmingham City Parks Plan 17
Alabama Educational Institutions 19
University of North Alabama, Florence 19
Huntingdon College, Montgomery 21
California
California State Park System 23
Yosemite National Park and Mariposa Grove 27
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland 29
Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto 31
St. Francis Wood, San Francisco 34
Palos Verdes Syndicate, Palos Verdes 37
Palos Verdes Parkway, Los Angeles 40
Colorado
Boulder Park System 43
Denver Park and Parkway System 45
Denver Mountain Parks System 47
Connecticut
Beardsley Park, Bridgeport 51
Hartford Parks System 52
Goodwin Park, Hartford 53
Keney Park, Hartford 54
Pope Park, Hartford 55
Bushnell Park and Connecticut State Capitol Grounds, Hartford 56
Walnut Hill Park, New Britain 58
Waveny Park, New Canaan 59
Hillside Cemetery, Torrington 60
District of Columbia
United States Capitol Grounds 63
White House Grounds (President's Park) 64
Rock Creek Park 65
McMillan Plan 67
Thomas Jefferson Memorial 68
Lincoln Memorial Grounds 70
Washington Monument 71
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial 72
National Cathedral Grounds 74
Delaware
Brandywine Park, Wilmington 76
Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington 76
Florida
Memorial Park, Jacksonville 79
Mountain Lake, Lake Wales 80
Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales 81
Pinewood Estate, Lake Wales 82
Georgia
Druid Hills, Atlanta 84
Grant Park, Atlanta 88
Piedmont Park, Atlanta 90
Bradley Olmsted Garden, Columbus 92
Idaho
University of Idaho, Moscow 95
Illinois
South Park System, Chicago 97
Riverside Community, Riverside 99
Indiana
Indiana University, Bloomington 101
Oldfields, Indianapolis 102
Kentucky
Bernheim Arboretum, Clermont 105
Kentucky State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort 106
Ashland Park, Lexington 107
Parks and Parkways System, Louisville 109
University of Louisville 111
Louisiana
Audubon Park, New Orleans 114
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 116
Maine
Acadia National Park, Mount Desert 119
Maine State Capitol Grounds, Augusta 121
University of Maine, Orono 122
Portland Parks, Eastern and Western Promenades 123
Maryland
Parks and Parkways System, Baltimore 127
Roland Park, Baltimore 129
Sudbrook Park, Baltimore County 130
Guilford Park, Baltimore 131
Homeland Park, Baltimore 132
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 133
Massachusetts
Metropolitan Park Commission, Boston 136
World's End, Hingham 140
Amherst College, Amherst 141
Phillips Academy, Andover 142
Moraine Farm, Beverly 144
Emerald Necklace Park System, Boston 146
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Fairsted), Brookline 149
Harvard University, Cambridge 151
Middlesex School, Concord 153
Parks of Fall River 155
Newton City Hall 157
North Easton Town Complex 158
Stonehurst, Waltham 159
Williams College, Williamstown 160
Michigan
Belle Isle Park, Detroit 162
Barton Hills, Ann Arbor 164
Washtenong Cemetery, Ann Arbor 165
Mississippi
Alcorn State University, Alcorn 167
University of Mississippi, Oxford 169
Missouri
Liberty Memorial, Kansas City 171
New Hampshire
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter 174
Swasey Parkway, Exeter 176
New Jersey
Essex County Park System 178
Branch Brook Park, Newark 179
Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange-Verona-Montclair 183
South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood-Millburn-West Orange 184
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville 186
Cadwalader Park and Cadwalader Heights, Trenton 187
Union County Park System 188
Warinanco Park, Elizabeth 190
Echo Lake Park, Mountainside 190
Rahway River Parks, Rahway 190
Watchung Reservation, Mountainside 192
New York
Buffalo Park and Parkway System 195
Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls 198
Brooklyn Park and Parkway System 200
Prospect Park, Brooklyn 201
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn 204
Ocean and Eastern Parkways, Brooklyn 205
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn 207
Central Park, Manhattan 209
Morningside Park, Manhattan 211
Riverside Park, Manhattan 213
Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan 215
Forest Hills Gardens, Queens 217
Gold Coast Estates, North Shore of Long Island 218
Rochester Parks System 220
Highland Park, Rochester 222
Genesee Valley Park, Rochester 223
Seneca Park, Rochester 224
Thompson Park, Watertown 225
North Carolina
Biltmore, Asheville 228
Duke University, Durham 231
Village of Pinehurst 232
Capitol Square, Raleigh 233
Ohio
Fine Arts Garden, Cleveland Museum of Art 237
NCR Projects, Dayton 239
Denison University, Granville 241
Oregon
Elk Rock Garden at the Bishop's Close, Portland 244
Portland Park System 246
Terwilliger Parkway, Portland 248
Pennsylvania
FDR Park, Philadelphia 251
Vandergrift Town Plan 252
Stoneleigh, Villanova 254
Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre 256
Rhode Island
Newport City Plan 259
Newport Estates, Newport 260
Blackstone Boulevard, Providence 263
South Carolina
Yeamans Hall Club, North Charleston 265
Tennessee
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, Gatlinburg 268
Woodmont Estates, Nashville 271
Fisk University, Nashville 271
Utah
Utah State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City 274
Vermont
Sherburne Farms, Burlington 277
Virginia
Masonic Memorial to George Washington, Alexandria 280
Washington
Thornewood, American Lake 283
Washington State Capitol, Olympia 285
Dunn Gardens, Seattle 286
Seattle Parks and Boulevard System 287
Seward Park, Seattle 290
Volunteer Park, Seattle 290
Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle 291
Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle 292
University of Washington, Seattle 293
Park System of Spokane 295
Wisconsin
Town of Kohler 298
Washington Park, Milwaukee 300
Lake Park, Milwaukee 302
Canada
Capilano Estates, Vancouver 304
The Uplands, Victoria 307
Mount Royal, Montreal 309
Olmsted Firms 313
Selected Biographies of Principals and Members of Olmsted Firms 316
Selected Bibliography 328
Photography and Illustration Credits 332
Index 334