Object Details
Creator
Blyth, Charles R.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952
Strawberry Hill
Architect
Hobart, Lewis
Creator
Grant, Joseph Donahue
Landscape architect
Church, Thomas Dolliver
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref24793
General
Villa Rose, is located twenty miles south of San Francisco and was the residence of Mr. J. D. Grant. The sunken Italianate gardens are south of the house and feature a rectangular reflecting pond, rose standards and an orangery and fountain at the far end of the gardens. The house is Italian Renaissance style. Library of Congress, Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, Washington, D. C.
Place
California -- Hillsborough
United States of America -- California -- San Mateo County -- Hillsborough
Topic
Spring
Reflecting pools
Animal sculpture
Formal gardens
Rose arbors
Villas
Italian gardens
Arches
Trees
Shrubs
Fountains
Water jets
Walls (building)
Terraces (land forms)
Garden ornaments and furniture
Creator
Blyth, Charles R.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952
Strawberry Hill
Architect
Hobart, Lewis
Creator
Grant, Joseph Donahue
Landscape architect
Church, Thomas Dolliver
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The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / California / CA195: Hillsborough -- Villa Rose
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
1924
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item CA195001
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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AAG.GCA_ref24793
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Record ID
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