Olmsted Brothers Partners and Associates: 1898-1961

  • American

Olmsted Brothers Partners and Associates was a notable American landscape firm based in Brookline, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn

Olmsted established a park tradition in America that was both naturalistic and practical. In each case the design was an expression both of the topography and of its flora; and, in addition, the practical needs of communication or recreation were explicitly provided. If the park had several functions to perform, each function was clearly perceived and coherently provided in a well co-ordinated and subordinated scheme.
Historian John Taylor Boyd, "The Work of the Olmsted Brothers II". Architectural Record 44, December 1918

Notable Position Person From To
Founder John Charles Olmsted 1898 1920
Partner Frederick Law Olmsted Jr 1957
Principal in Charge Henry Vincent Hubbard
Landscape Architect Emanuel Tillman Mische 1898 1906
Draftsman, Assistant Engineer, General Designer, Partner Edward C Whiting 1905 1961
Associate, Partner William B Marquis 1919 1961

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Architect High Point State Park New Jersey
Architect Goffle Brook Park Hawthorne
Architect Cornell Square Chicago
Architect Riverbank Park Newark
Architect Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways Malden
Architect Palmer Park Chicago
Architect Castle Hill Ipswich
Architect Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways Medford, MA
Architect Fernwood Brookline, MA
Architect Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways Melrose
Architect Kennedy Park Fall River
Architect Wachusett Dam Historic District Clinton
Architect Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways Stoneham, MA
Architect Ruggles Park Fall River
Architect Newton City Hall and War Memorial Newton, MA
Architect Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways Winchester
Architect Oheka Huntington
Architect East Rock Park New Haven, CT
Architect Weequahic Park Historic District Newark
Architect Fresh Pond Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Cambridge, MA
Architect East Rock Park Hamden, CT
Architect Fells Connector Parkways, Metropolitan System of Greater Boston Medford, MA
Architect VFW Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Boston
Architect Williams Street Parkway Denver
Architect John Handley High School Winchester
Architect Fells Connector Parkways, Metropolitan System of Greater Boston Malden
Architect Neponset Valley Parkway, Metorpolitan Park System of Greater Boston Boston
Architect Downing Street Parkway Denver
Architect El Retiro Lake Wales
Architect Lynn Fells Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Melrose
Architect Neponset Valley Parkway, Metorpolitan Park System of Greater Boston Milton
Architect Forest Street Parkway Denver
Architect Riverbend Kohler, WI
Architect Lynn Fells Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Stoneham, MA
Architect Pittsfield Cemetery Pittsfield, MA
Architect East Seventeenth Avenue Parkway Denver
Architect Richard Garlick House Youngstown
Architect Lynn Fells Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Saugus
Architect Charles River Reservation-Upper Basin Headquarters, Boston Boston
Architect Bergen Park Evergreen
Architect Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District Normal
Architect Fellsmere Park Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Malden
Architect Genesee Park Golden
Architect Quincy Shore Drive Quincy
Architect Lariat Trail Scenic Mountain Drive Golden
Architect Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Louisville, KY
Architect Davis Square Chicago
Architect Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive Morrison
Architect Gardencourt Historic District Louisville, KY
Architect Armour Square Chicago
Architect Colorow Point Park Golden
Architect Deering Oaks Portland, ME
Architect Oldfields Indianapolis
Architect Winthrop Shore Dr, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston Winthrop
Architect Clifton Park Baltimore, MD
Architect Corwina Park, O'Fallon Park, Pence Park Evergreen
Architect Eastern Promenade Portland, ME
Architect Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Boston Revere
Architect Lookout Mountain Park Golden
Architect Western Promenade Portland, ME
Architect Stony Brook Reservation Parkways, Metropolitan Park System of Great Boston MPS Boston
Architect Dedisse Park Evergreen
Architect Back Cove Portland, ME
Architect Sherman Park Chicago
Architect Charles River Reservation Parkways Charles River Reservation
Architect Ashland Park Historic District Lexington, KY
Architect East Hall Kalamazoo
Architect Mystic Valley Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS Arlington
Architect Capitol Park Augusta, ME
Architect Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park Indianapolis
Architect Mystic Valley Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS Medford, MA
Architect Hamilton Park Chicago
Architect Waikiki Spokane, WA
Architect Mystic Valley Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS Somerville, MA
Architect Dilworth Historic District Charlotte
Architect Branch Brook Park Belleville
Architect Mystic Valley Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS Winchester
Architect Hollywood Farm Woodinville
Architect Branch Brook Park Newark
Architect Whitman Park Whitman
Architect Volunteer Park Seattle
Architect Stone Eagles Montclair
Architect Hinchliffe Stadium Paterson
Architect Dunn Gardens Seattle
Architect Furnace Brook Parkway Quincy
Architect John B Agen Property Seattle
Architect Alewife Brook Parkway Cambridge, MA
Architect Mountain Lake Colony House Lake Wales
Architect Crocker Field Historic District Fitchburg
Architect Hammond Pond Parkway Brookline, MA
Architect Riverside Park Buffalo, NY
Architect Country Estates of River Road Glenview
Architect Deeds Carillon Dayton, OH
Architect Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA
Architect Saint Francis in the Fields Louisville, KY
Architect Carrie Gaulbert Cox and Attilla Cox Jr House Louisville, KY
1895/00/00 A Tudor Revival mansion is built for Lewis Cabot on the estate he purchased in 1881. The main house at 514 Warren Street in Brookline, MA, was razed by Mitch Kapor and Ellen Poss in 1994. Landscape Architects
1901/00/00 Natural Food Co's factory (lost) is built at 430 Buffalo Ave in Niagara Falls to make shredded wheat cereal. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, the complex's landscape includes a playground, tennis court, ball fields and plots for employee gardens. Landscape Architect Nabisco Shredded Wheat Silos Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, NY
1903/00/00 Olmsted Brothers are hired to create a master plan for Grant Park Architect Grant Park Atlanta, GA
1904/00/00 Swan Point trolley shelter is built. Architect Swan Point Trolley Shelter Providence, RI
1905/00/00 Preliminary plans were prepared in 1903 and the park opened in 1905, with minor revisions to the pathways as reflected in the 1912 General Plan. The park was renamed Anderson Park in 1909 to honor its donor, Charles Anderson. Landscape Architects Anderson Park Montclair
1905/00/00 As a member of the "tree committee" for the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Ryerson is instrumental in obtaining the services of the Olmsted Brothers landscape firm to design the observatory grounds. Landscape Architects Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay
1906/00/00 Olmsted Brothers are commissioned to work on the Butler grounds Landscape Architect Butler Hospital Providence, RI
1907/10/10 Parish House is dedicated with appropriate ceremonies, First Parish Church, Brookline. Landscape Architect First Parish Unitarian Church Brookline, MA
1910/00/00 Architect J Williams Beal and the Olmstead Brothers' design for the Civil War Memorial Arch and Bridge is selected for Island Grove Park, built in 1912 for $21,515.83. Landscape Architect Island Grove Park Abington
1910/00/00 Landscape improvement are created by the Olmsted Brothers, 1909-1912. Landscape Architects Rokeby Red Hook
1915/00/00 Waveny is designed and developed by William B Tubby and Olmsted Brothers landscape firm, 1911-1917. Landscape Architect Waveny Park New Canaan
1918/00/00 Olmsted Brothers develop the landscape design for the Harry Payne Bingham's house in Cleveland, Ohio. Landscape Architects Hay-McKinney and Bingham-Hanna House Cleveland
1920/01/00 Governor Carl E Miliken, first chief executive to live on the premises, commissions the Olmsted Brothers to design the landscape. Landscape Architect James G Blaine House Augusta, ME
1921/08/00 The Olmsteds plan to build a bathhouse and turn one reservoir into a picturesque swimming pond with an outlet through the rock garden "extending the wildish character." An area is to be left wild as a bird sanctuary and the uppermost reservoir preserved. Architect Lewis Fulton Memorial Park Waterbury, CT
1924/00/00 Began design of about 70 acres of Cedar Brook Park Architect Cedar Brook Park Plainfield
1924/00/00 Began design of about 70 acres of Cedar Brook Park Architect Cedar Brook Park Borough of South Plainfield
1929/00/00 Harbor Park, designed in concert with the Camden Amphitheatre by the Olmsted Brothers between 1928 and 1935, extends the views from the Amphitheatre toward the harbor. Architect Harbor Park Camden, ME
1936/00/00 Lewis I Prouty, on whose property the Olmsted firm also worked, funds landscape modifications by the Olmsted firm at First Parish Church, 1936-1937. Landscape Architect First Parish Unitarian Church Brookline, MA
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