Object Details
Architect
Bossom, Alfred C., 1881-1965
Landscape architect
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959
Olmsted Brothers
Provenance
North Country Garden Club of Long Island
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Scope and Contents
The folder includes a work sheet, narrative garden description, features plan, and copy of plan for rose garden (1927).
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General
The Harrimans hired the Olmsted Brothers firm to design their 71-acre property in Brookville, New York. The estate was characterized by natural plantings of trees and shrubs; open vistas; wooded paths; water features; a walled garden; and a rose garden. After former owner, Albert Smith, died in 1936, the estate was subdivided and sold. The house was torn down, and a much smaller Cape Cod style frame house was built on part of the foundation. The gardens remained, but fell into disrepair. The current owner is in the process of restoring the garden according to the Olmsted plans.
Persons and Organizations associated with the garden include: Philip W. Livermore (former owner, ca. 1910-1918); Joseph W. Harriman (former owner, 1918-?); Albert L. Smith (former owner, ?-1936); Robert Lee Henry (former owner, 1945); Margaret Bayne (former owner); Mary W. Harris (former owner, 1956-1973); Hoppin and Koen (architects, ca. 1910); Beatrix Farrand (landscape architect, ca. 1910); Sir Alfred C. Bossom (architect, 1918); Olmsted Brothers (landscape architects, ca. 1920); James F. Dawson and Percival Gallagher (landscapers); and Elizabeth Thompson (garden designer, 1991-present).
Place
Avondale Farm (Brookville, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Oyster Bay -- Brookville
Topic
Gardens -- New York -- Brookville
Architect
Bossom, Alfred C., 1881-1965
Landscape architect
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959
Olmsted Brothers
Provenance
North Country Garden Club of Long Island
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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.
Custodial History
The North Country Garden Club of Long Island facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File NY840
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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