Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Olmsted–Beil House in Staten Island. Olmsted was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on April 26, 1822.His father, John Olmsted, was a prosperous merchant who took a lively interest in nature, people, and places; Frederick Law and his younger brother, John Hull Olmsted, also showed this interest.
This page was last edited on 28 September 2021, at 22:20 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
After the retirement of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr in 1895, the firm was managed by John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., as Olmsted and Olmsted, Olmsted Olmsted and Eliot, and Olmsted Brothers. Works from this period, which spanned from 1895 to 1950, are often misattributed to Frederick Sr. They include:
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was a landscape architect and public administrator. Frederick Olmsted may also refer to: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), landscape architect and city planner
Frederick Erskine Olmsted, also known as Fritz Olmsted, (November 8, 1872 – February 19, 1925) was an American forester and one of the founders of American forestry. [1] [2] Through his work with the United States Forest Service, Olmsted helped establish the national forest system in the United States and helped train the next generation of Forest Service agents and college professors.
Frederick "Fred" Olmsted Jr. (April 10, 1911 – February 14, 1990) was an American artist and biophysicist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He created social realism themed murals and sculptures for the Federal Art Project , and the Public Works of Art Project .
John Charles Olmsted (September 14, 1852 – February 24, 1920 [1]) was an American landscape architect.The nephew and adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted, he worked with his father and his younger brother, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., in their father's firm.
Olmsted and his son John Charles renovated the house, landscaped the property, and relocated the barn closer to the house, and in 1903 added the office wing to the northwest of the main house. Members of the Olmsted family occupied the main house until 1936, when Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. moved to Elkton, Maryland , renting the house to tenants.