Object Details
Former owner
Wilson, Robert Cade
Landscape designer
Wilson, Robert Cade
Former owner
Wilson, Robert Cade, Mrs.
Landscape designer
Wilson, Robert Cade, Mrs.
Provenance
The Summit Garden Club
Collection Compiler
Weller, Eleanor
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Eleanor Weller Reade collection.
Scope and Contents
The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, maps and other information.
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General
Designed by its owners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cade Wilson, the property was well planted with interesting trees and shrubs. Mrs. Wilson was a Southerner and there was definitely a Southern feeling to the garden, according to her granddaughter. On a small piece of property adjoining the estate stood an old house, long outdating any building in the vicinity. According to an excerpt from House Beautiful, to save the house from destruction, Mr. Wilson purchased it and transformed it into a garden house of unlimited charm. A Franklin stove warms the interior in winter, and a little grating above carries heat to the upper chamber. The house stands at the end of a woodland walk in a setting of fine old trees and an informal planting.
Persons associated with the garden include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cade Wilson (former owners and landscape designers, 1903-1957).
Place
Dalkeith (Summit, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Topic
Gardens -- New Jersey -- Summit
Colonial Revival
Former owner
Wilson, Robert Cade
Landscape designer
Wilson, Robert Cade
Former owner
Wilson, Robert Cade, Mrs.
Landscape designer
Wilson, Robert Cade, Mrs.
Provenance
The Summit Garden Club
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Container
Box 36
Custodial History
The Summit Garden Club donated lantern slides in 2015.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.ECW, File NJ050
Type
Archival materials
Slides
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.
Bibliography
This property was featured American Homes and Gardens, Volume 9, January 1912 and in House Beautiful, vol. 74, no. 3, September, 1933.
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.
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Large EAD
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Record ID
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