Object Details
Photographer
French, William
Lewis, Vance
Provenance
Little Garden Club of Memphis
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Scope and Contents
18 digital images (2022).
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General
Point No Point is located in rural Mason, Tennessee. Established in 1833, the 110-acre property features a working farm, woodlands, and a large display of naturalized spring bulbs.
Entering the property, a drive leads through the open farmland to the homeplace. The fields are rotated seasonally with sunflowers and winter wheat. The house is surrounded by a hardwood grove providing protection from the harsh summer sun.
The front of the house faces a semicircle of woodlands that open into a field of native grasses. Mature azaleas were planted to accentuate the boxwoods that border the house. From the front porch, there is a view of large magnolias, dogwoods, red buds and oak trees. In early spring, ground is covered in a sea of naturalized jonquils, daffodils, and snowdrops. By summer, the view shifts to a flower bed of daylilies, tulips, zinnias, and other annuals.
The brick Colonial Revival style house was constructed in 1910.
Place
Point No Point (Mason, Tennessee)
United States -- Tennessee -- Mason
Topic
Gardens -- Tennessee -- Mason
Farms
Photographer
French, William
Lewis, Vance
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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 Little Garden Club of Memphis facilitated the 2022 garden submission.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File TN129
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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