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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1805/00/00 George Perkins Marsh Home Marsh Mansion is built in the Federal-style for Charles Marsh.
1869/00/00 Frederick Billings Home Frederick Billings buys Marsh Mansion.
1869/00/00 William Ralph Emerson Architect Boston architect William Ralph Emerson, transforms the property into a fashionable Stick Style mansion. A mansard roof, pointed gable dormers, tall chimneys and a verandah are added and the trim is painted in two or more different colors.
1869/00/00 Julia Parmly Billings Home Frederick Billings buys Marsh Mansion.
1870/00/00 Robert Morris Copeland Landscape Architect Hired by Frederick Billings in 1869, Robert Copeland designs the formal gardens encircling the house, re-configures the front drive and removes the Marsh's white picket fence to created a larger front lawn from former pasture land.
1885/00/00 Tiffany Studios Artisans The Tiffany Glass Company of New York designs several stained glass windows and provide the wallpapers and fabrics for the redecorated interiors.
1885/00/00 Henry Hudson Holly Architect Billings hire Henry Holly to remodel the house in the newly-fashionable Queen Anne style. The mansard roof is removed and much of the ornamental brickwork is added. The 3rd story and service wing are enlarged.
1899/00/00 Charles A Platt Landscape Architect Julia Parmly Billings retains the services of Charles A Platt, who summers nearby in the Cornish Art Colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Platt adds garden seats and a fountain. He may have designed the terrace gardens that still exist today.
1902/00/00 Martha Brookes Hutcheson Landscape Architect Mrs Billings hires Martha Brooks Hutcheson, one of the first female landscape architects in America, to redesign the approach to the house.
1912/00/00 Ellen Biddle Shipman Landscape Architect Ellen Shipman, who is also connected with the Cornish Art Colony, redesigns the formal plantings near the Billings' Mansion.
1954/00/00 Laurance Rockefeller Home When Laurance and Mary Rockefeller take over the property, they hire landscape architect Zenon Schreiber to made extensive additions to the property, including a waterfall garden and rock gardens.
1954/00/00 Mary French Rockefeller Home Mary French Rockefeller inherits the family estate. Although Mary and Laurance have the rooms updated for modern living, replace many wallpapers, paints and upholsteries, the house remains an excellent example of the Queen Anne style.
1954/00/00 Zenon Schreiber Landscape Architect When Laurance and Mary Rockefeller take over the property, they hire landscape architect Zenon Schreiber to made extensive additions to the property, including a waterfall garden and rock gardens.

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Particulars for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion and Gardens:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 11th June 1967

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Marsh, George Perkins, Boyhood Home
Registry Address: 54 Elm St.
Registry Number: 67000023
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Queen anne
Area in Acres: 40
Contributing Buildings: 5
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1805, 1869, 1885
Associated People: Marsh,George Perkins
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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