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Corbit-Sharp House Garden: formal parterre garden established in 1938; Marian Cruger Coffin did some consultation at the site, which is owned and operated by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Former owner

Corbit, William

Landscape architect

Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957

Former owner

Sharp, Hugh Rodney, 1880-1968

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref6183

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb691081ad4-c994-4d14-8d5f-5686a8b5ea70

General

Image taken from an unidentified publication.

Place

Corbit-Sharp House Garden (Odessa, Delaware)
United States of America -- Delaware -- New Castle County -- Odessa

Topic

Spring
Parterres
Gardens -- Delaware -- Odessa
Formal gardens

Former owner

Corbit, William

Landscape architect

Coffin, Marian Cruger, 1876-1957

Former owner

Sharp, Hugh Rodney, 1880-1968

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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Delaware / DE021: Odessa -- Corbit-Sharp House Garden

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., 35 mm.)

Date

1950 May.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item DE021001

Type

Archival materials
Slides (photographs)

Collection Rights

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
AAG.GCA_ref6183
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb691081ad4-c994-4d14-8d5f-5686a8b5ea70
AAG.GCA
AAG

Record ID

ebl-1643208220039-1643210178286-0

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