Country Place Era

The Country Place Era was a period, from about 1890 to 1930,^[1] of American landscape architecture design during which wealthy Americans commissioned extensive gardens at their country estates, emulating European gardens that the Americans had seen in their European travels.^[2] An example is Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[3]

Landscape architects that were involved included Charles Gillette, Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Adam Platt, and Beatrix Farrand.^[2] Marian Cruger Coffin, an early female architect, was another participant^[4] as well as Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand.^[5]

See also

• Twin Bridges Rural Historic District, Pennsylvania
• Historic Country Estates in Lake County, Ohio

References

1. Mozingo, Louise A.; Jewell, Linda (2011). Women in Landscape Architecture: Essays on History and Practice. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-6164-6.
2. "The Country Place Era in American Garden Design".
3. "North Shore News in Brief". Salem News. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
4. Iris Gestram (1997). "The Historic Landscape at Gilbraltar – A Proposal for Its Preservation".^{[permanent dead link‍]} (Masters thesis, University of Delaware)
5. Tankard, Judith B. (2018). Ellen Shipman and the American Garden. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8203-5208-4.