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Architect:
Delano & Aldrich  Search this
Former owner:
Brewster, Robert S.  Search this
Landscape architect:
Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950  Search this
Wadley & Smythe  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Avalon (Mt. Kisco, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Westchester County -- Mount Kisco
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of book and journal article excerpts about the garden.
General:
Designed as a summer home by the firm of Delano & Aldrich, Avalon is located in a hilly, wooded area in Mt. Kisco, New York. Its principal landscape architects were Wadley & Smythe, followed by Ellen Shipman, who worked on the property in the 1920s. With its Italianate garden, Avalon features a vista extending from a swimming pool to a small temple. Another axis intersecting with the loggia leads through a wooded hill to a vista of another small temple. Below the residence a pergola leads to a walled elliptical informal flower garden featuring a small pool with two frog-shaped fountain heads. An irregularly shaped perennial bed surrounds this water feature.
Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Robert S. Brewster (former owner, 1912-?); Ellen Shipman (landscape architect, 1920s); Delano & Aldrich (architects, 1912); and Wadley & Smythe (landscape architects, 1912).
Related Materials:
Avalon related holdings consist of 1 folder (53 35mm. slides)
See others in:
Eleanor Weller collection, circa 1981-1993.
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.
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.
Topic:
Gardens -- New York -- Mt. Kisco  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY394
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e19ceb08-26a0-4342-8e7e-d63766346ea0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref26877