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1. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in
Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as
the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker of the 19th
century. In 1883, Olmsted moved his home to suburban Boston and established "Fairsted", the
world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design. Over the course of the
next century, his sons and successors expanded and perpetuated Olmsted's design ideals,
philosophy, and influence.
The site is located at 99 Warren Street, in the Green Hill section of Brookline. Olmsted bought the
Clark homestead, an 1810 Federal farmhouse, in 1883, to be near his frequent collaborator, H. H.
Richardson, whose home and office were nearby. 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
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to tenants. The offices of the Olmsted Brothers firm continued to be in the wing during this time,
although business also declined. Members of the firm reoccupied the house in the 1960s, making
substantial alterations to the original landscaping of the property. The property
http://www.legalzoom.com/ was acquired by the National Park Service in 1980. The grounds have
been restored to a c. 1930 appearance, restoring much of Olmsted's landscaping.[1]
Park resources include the restored "Fairsted" historic landscape, and the design office (which
remains virtually unchanged from the days when the Olmsted firm's activity was at its height.
Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on
many of America's most treasured landscapes, including the grounds of the U. S. Capitol and White
House; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central
Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston and Louisville. The Olmsteds
also played an influential role in the creation of the National Park Service, which now owns and
maintains the Olmsted site.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is open to the public. The Park Service offers guided
tours of the grounds and office wing.
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookline, Massachusetts
References
^ "Fairstead: A Cultural Landscape Report". National Park Service. 1998. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

2. External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Law Olmsted National Historical Site.
National Park Service: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
The Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO)
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