Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr. (American landscape architect, 1822-1903)

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Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.

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Olmstedt, Frederick Law 1822-1903

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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Landscape architect.

From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908

American landscape designer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066

Landscape architect.

Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.'

From the description of Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 papers, 1854-1871. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155570780

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1822, Apr. 26 Born, Hartford, Conn. 1838 1839 Studied topographical engineering with Frederick A. Barton 1844 1854 Connecticut Connecticut New York New York Farmed in Connecticut and New York 1850 Europe Europe Mount Europe Alaskan European B And B De L'Europe EUROPE VILLA CORTES Hotel Gare de Lille - Europe Bureau de Poste de Parthenay Europe RESIDENCIAL CLUB EUROPEO Hotel Europe Hôtel residhome prestige val europe Hotel D Europe Avignon City Cen Hotel Centro Europeu Tourist Hotel Europe Carlton-Europe Hotel Bureau de Poste de Strasbourg Parlement Europeen Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area Best Western Premier Hotel Carrefour de l'Europe Bureau de Poste de Paris Europe Ehsal Europese Hogeschool Brussel / Campus Prinssenstraat GRAND HOTEL DE l EUROPE Europeo Flowers Bureau de Poste de Montelimar Europe Hotel Europe Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Traveled to Europe and Great Britain with his brother, John Hull Olmsted, and Charles Loring Brace 1852 Published Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (New York: G. P. Putnam. 2 vols.) 1852 1854 Toured southern states on a commission from the New York Times for a series of articles on the effect of slavery on economic conditions in the South 1855 1856 Editor and partner, Dix & Edwards, publishers of Putnam's Magazine 1856 Published A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States (New York: Dix & Edwards. 723 pp.) 1857 Central Park, New York, N.Y. Central Park Keuka Park Post Office Le Petite Ciel Mobile Home Park Plainview - Old Bethpage Community Park Forsyth Park Hennepin Park City Line Park Gallis Hill Station Mobile Home Park Milburn Creek Park Lakeside Park Harrison Pond Park Cerone Avenue Park Lishakill Park Ellwood Park Church Street Mobile Home Park Bedford Park Congregational Church Rochester Henrietta Planned Industrial Park C Gerard Park Cayuga Lake State Park United Methodist Korean Church of Central Queens Village of Glen Park McCarren Park Play Center High Bridge Park Appointed superintendent, Central Park, New York, N.Y. Published A Journey Through Texas (New York: Dix & Edwards. 516 pp.) 1858 Central Park, New York, N.Y. Central Park Keuka Park Post Office Le Petite Ciel Mobile Home Park Plainview - Old Bethpage Community Park Forsyth Park Hennepin Park City Line Park Gallis Hill Station Mobile Home Park Milburn Creek Park Lakeside Park Harrison Pond Park Cerone Avenue Park Lishakill Park Ellwood Park Church Street Mobile Home Park Bedford Park Congregational Church Rochester Henrietta Planned Industrial Park C Gerard Park Cayuga Lake State Park United Methodist Korean Church of Central Queens Village of Glen Park McCarren Park Play Center High Bridge Park Appointed architect in chief, Central Park, New York, N.Y. Established firm, Olmsted and Vaux; name soon changed to Frederick Law Olmsted 1859 Married Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted, widow of his brother John 1860 Published A Journey in the Back Country (New York: Mason Bros. 492 pp.) 1861 Published The Cotton Kingdom (New York: Mason Bros. 2 vols.) based upon A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, A Journey Through Texas, and A Journey in the Back Country Appointed general secretary, U. S. Sanitary Commission 1863 Mariposa Mariposa Esteros de La Mariposa La Mariposa La Mariposa La Mariposa Quebrada Mariposa Mariposa La Mariposa Mariposa Elementary School La Mariposa Mariposa County Fire Department Company 22 Mariposa Public Utility District Fire Station 1 Mariposa Assembly of God Church Quebrada Las Mariposas Mariposa Paso de Mariposas Estación La Mariposa Mariposa County Fire Department Company 26 Coulterville La Mariposa Mariposa Canyon Mariposa County Fairgrounds La Mariposa Health Station Mariposa Playground La Mariposa California California Became superintendent, John C. Frémont's Mariposa mining estates, California 1864 Appointed commissioner, Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, California 1874 Commissioned to design the grounds of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. 1882 Published The Spoils of the Park ([Detroit, Mich.: publisher unknown]. 57 pp.) 1884 Name of firm changed to F. L. and J. C. Olmsted 1888 Began work on Biltmore, George W. Vanderbilt's estate, Asheville, N.C. 1889 Name of firm changed to F. L. Olmsted and Co. 1893 Chicago, Ill. Chicago Completed landscaping grounds for World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. Name of firm changed to Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot 1897 Name of firm changed to F. L. and J. C. Olmsted 1898 Name of firm changed to Olmsted Brothers ( -1961) 1903, Aug. 28 Died, Waverly, Mass. From the guide to the Frederick Law Olmsted Papers, 1777-1952, (bulk 1838-1903), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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