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The Arboretum now part of the Barnes Foundation was originally founded as a private arboretum on the property of Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson (1844-1928). Captain Wilson was a veteran of the Civil War, and worked for the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company for thirty-eight years. In 1880, Captain Wilson moved from Philadelphia to […]
SECOND ANNUAL HISTORIC VIEWSHED TOUR PLANNED FOR OLANA On Saturday, October 24 2009, The Olana Partnership and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, will join with neighboring landowners to celebrate the beauty surrounding Olana’s 250-acre landscape. Like last year’s very successful event, the 2009 self-guided tour focuses on the farms and […]
The frescoes on the north side of the courtyard at the New Mexico Museum of Art were painted in 1934 by Will Shuster (1893 to 1969). The eight images represented views of Native American life and spirituality. They were painted as part of the Public Works of Art Program, the first federally funded art project […]
Tucked between the brand-new New Mexico History Museum and its largest artifact, the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors, is an oasis in the heart of downtown Santa Fe. The interior Palace Courtyard has seen wedding receptions, bocce ball games, Tai Chi classes and families taking a quiet break. Tall trees (a massive Chinese elm thought […]
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, founded in 1887, opened at its 3260 South Street location in 1899. Today, with almost one million artifacts, its collections hail from every inhabited continent. The landscape architectural team of Wilson Erye and Frank Miles Day designed the Warden Garden, the University’s Upper Courtyard Garden which […]
The Garden Court, The Frick Collection, New York, Photo: Michael Bodycomb The Frick Museum: In 1913, construction began on Henry Frick’s New York mansion at Seventieth Street and Fifth Avenue. The house he erected cost $5,000,000. The firm of Carrère and Hastings designed the house to accommodate Mr. Frick’s paintings and other art objects. Even […]
