Object Details
Creator
Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939
Landscape architect
Leavitt, Charles Wellford
Architect
Murphy And Dana
Nurseryman
Lewis & Valentine
Contractor
Spinner, F. E.
Landscape architect
Emmet, Devereux
Sculptor
Crenier, Henri
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
Whitney, Gertrude
Creator
Mount Assisi Monastery
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref16868
General
"The elaborate hillside garden begins at a terrace adjacent to the residence's south facade. From here a water cascade descends flanked on either side by stairs. The long cascade ends in a serieds of rectangular pools and finally a large circular pool which is partly surrounded by caryatids. -From Department of History and Social Science, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama. The Italian Garden Transplanted." Alfred Branum Collection.
Place
Pennsylvania -- Loretto
United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Cambria County -- Loretto
Topic
Spring
Fountains
Urns
Water stairs
Hillsides
Stairs
Ponds
Balustrades
Terraces
Sculpture
Creator
Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939
Landscape architect
Leavitt, Charles Wellford
Architect
Murphy And Dana
Nurseryman
Lewis & Valentine
Contractor
Spinner, F. E.
Landscape architect
Emmet, Devereux
Sculptor
Crenier, Henri
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
Whitney, Gertrude
Creator
Mount Assisi Monastery
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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.
Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
[1930?]
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item PA321009
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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AAG.GCA_ref16868
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AAG.GCA
AAG
Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210185767-0