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[Cloister Garth]: carved Georgia marble lions surround pool.

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref23569

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63437c0f0-97ca-46fd-9aef-37195430fbf6

General

Cloister Garth was built as the home of Landon A. Thomas in a newly fashionable neighborhood of Augusta known as the Hill. The garden is a beautiful example of 19th century Italianate garden architecture. Remains of a long narrow level garden next to the Landon A. Thomas garden. Carved Georgia marble lions surround pool.

Place

Georgia -- Augusta
Cloister Garth (Augusta, Georgia)
United States of America -- Georgia -- Richmond County -- Augusta

Topic

Spring
Animal sculpture
Ponds
Stairs
Columns
Hedges
Walkways, brick
Garden borders
Houses
Gardens -- Georgia -- Augusta

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Georgia / GA029: Augusta -- Cloister Garth

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 GA029018

Type

Archival materials
Slides (photographs)

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.

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.
AAG.GCA_ref23569
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63437c0f0-97ca-46fd-9aef-37195430fbf6
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210178862-1

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