Country Place Era Explained

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

Notes and References

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