Object Details
Landscape architect
Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957
Former owner
Du Pont, Eugene, Jr.
du Pont, Ethel Pyle (Mrs. Eugene du Pont, Jr.), 1881-1954
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 photocopied pages from the 1938 Garden Club of America annual meeting program.
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General
Designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman, with additional work by Marian Cruger Coffin, the gardens at Owl's Nest combined formality and informality and commanded a fine view of the surrounding countryside. The property was sold in 1961. Eighteen acres became part of the Greenville Country Club, while the rest of the land was developed as Owl's Nest Estates.
Persons associated with the garden include: Ellen Biddle Shipman (landscape architect, before 1938); Marian Cruger Coffin (landscape architect); Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont, Jr. (former owners).
Place
Owl's Nest (Wilmington, Delaware)
United States of America -- Delaware -- New Castle County -- Wilmington
Topic
Gardens -- Delaware -- Wilmington
Landscape architect
Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957
Former owner
Du Pont, Eugene, Jr.
du Pont, Ethel Pyle (Mrs. Eugene du Pont, Jr.), 1881-1954
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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.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File DE005
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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