State Capitol landscape plan, 1911-1912.

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State Capitol landscape plan, 1911-1912.

Watercolor planting design, 1911, for the Capitol grounds prepared by landscape architect John Nolen of Cambridge, Massachusetts, showing location of hardwood trees, evergreens, shrubs, and flowers; and two blueprints, 1911-1912, showing placement of trees.

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Nolen, John, 1869-1937

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John Nolen (June 14, 1869 – February 18, 1937) was an American landscape architect, planning consultant, founding member of the American City Planning Institute and a writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in Girard College. After he graduated first in his class in 1884, he worked as a grocery clerk and secretary to the Girard Estate Trust Fund before enrolling in the Wharton School of Finance and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. ...

Wisconsin. Capitol Commission.

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