[Oldgate]: hand-colored rendering of garden plan.

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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_ref21876

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb65eff15ce-e256-4c4f-b345-0abfd7dd2085

General

Built in 1780 by William Sprats, London, while prisoner of war.

35mm copy of plan, from Evan R. Cowles. Family lore is that the design is attributed to Olmsted firm. However, this has not been confirmed by records at the Olmsted National Historic Site.

Place

Oldgate (Farmington, Connecticut)

United States of America -- Connecticut -- Hartford County -- Farmington

Topic

Gardens -- Connecticut -- Farmington

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Connecticut / CT100: Farmington -- Oldgate

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Date

circa 1900-1905.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item CT100002

Type

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Reproductions

Plans (drawings)

Collection Rights

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