Object Details
Landscape architect
Jones, Wiley T.
Former owner
Dungan, W.T.
Porter, Q. L.
Porter, Louise
Architect
Maer, Max
Provenance
Little Rock Garden Club
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 worksheets and additional information.
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General
Kumpuris Garden is approximately one acre designed in 1963 by Wiley Jones from Memphis, Tennesee. The garden features a patio, flowerbeds, hedges and bulb gardens. Plantings include Yaupon holly, boxwood and flowering star magnoila. The home on the property was built by architect Max Maer for W. T. Dugan 1927 and purchased by Jim Porter in 1941.
Persons associated with the garden include: W. T. Dungan (former owner, 1928-1941); Louise and Q. L. Porter (former owner, 1941-1962).; Wiley Jones (landscape architect, 1963) and Max Maer (architect, 1927).
Place
Kumpuris Garden (Little Rock, Arkansas)
United States of America -- Arkansas -- Pulaski County -- Little Rock
Topic
Gardens -- Arkansas -- Little Rock
Landscape architect
Jones, Wiley T.
Former owner
Dungan, W.T.
Porter, Q. L.
Porter, Louise
Architect
Maer, Max
Provenance
Little Rock Garden Club
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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 Rock Garden Club facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File AR028
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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