ILLUSTRATIONS Note: All illustrations from the collections at the Frederick Law Olmsted 1.5 View of street, n.d. Courtesy of the Riverside Historical Museum National Historic Site are courtesy of the United States Department of the 1.6 View of triangle, n.d. Courtesy of Charles E. Beveridge, Interior, National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic photographer Site. 1.7 “Views in Riverside near Chicago, Ills.,” n.d. P.B. Greene, Frontispiece Frederick Law Olmsted, 1895 John Singer Sargent Oil on photographer Stereograph Courtesy of Mark Josephson, Private canvas, 254 × 139.7 cm (100 × 55 in.) Used with permission from Collection The Biltmore Company 1.8 “Views in Riverside near Chicago, Ills.,” n.d. P.B. Greene, photographer Stereograph Courtesy of Mark Josephson, Private Collection INTRODUCTION 1.9 View of water tower, n.d. Courtesy of the Riverside Historical i “Telford’s specification,” n.d. Ivan Sparkes, Stagecoaches & Museum Carriages: An Illustrated History of Coaches and Coaching 1.10 View of street, n.d. Courtesy of the Riverside Historical Museum (Letchworth, Hertfordshire: Garden City Press, 1975) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, General Collections B Rookline, MassaChusetts ii “McAdam’s specification,” n.d. Ivan Sparkes, Stagecoaches & Carriages: An Illustrated History of Coaches and Coaching 1.11 “Environs of Boston, from Corey’s Hill, Brookline, Mass.,” (Letchworth, Hertfordshire: Garden City Press, 1975) Courtesy 1864 Freeman Richardson Map courtesy of the Norman B. of the Library of Congress, General Collections Leventhal Map & Education Center Boston Public Library iii Detail, “This map of the City of New York and Island of Manhattan 1.12 “Map showing location of the property of the Aspinwall Land as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the Legislature Company in Brookline & Boston,” 1880 Aspinwall & Lincoln, April 3d, 1807 is Respectfully Dedicated to the Mayor, Aldermen Civil Engineers Plan 622- 5- pt1 Olmsted Plans & Drawings and Commonalty thereof,” (filed) April 1, 1811 William Bridges Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and Peter Maverick; Commissioners appointed by the State of New York to lay out Streets and Roads in the City of New York (New a spinwall hill, BRookline, MassaChusetts York, 1811) ct000812 Courtesy of the Library of Congress, 1.13 “Plan of Estates on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline,” June 1880 Prints & Photographs Division Aspinwall & Lincoln, Engineers Plan 622- 4 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site 1 RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES 1.14 “Aspinwall Studies & profile of road proposed exiting from Tappan St.,” 1880 Plan 662-1 5 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Rive Rside, ChiCago, illinois Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site 1.1 “General Plan of Riverside,” 1869 Olmsted, Vaux & Co., 1.15 “Aspinwall. Study,” July 19, 1880 Plan 622- 17 Olmsted Plans & Landscape Architects Plan 607- z1 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Image 1.16 “Plan of Land owned by the Aspinwall Land Company on Aspinwall courtesy of Paul Rocheleau, photographer Hill in Brookline, Mass.,” October 1885 Aspinwall and Lincoln, 1.2 “Plan of the Riverside Parkway,” n.d. Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Civil Engineers Plan 622- 3 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Architects & Superintendents The Land Owner. A Journal of Real Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Estate (Chicago, Ill., September 1869) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, General Collections B Rookline hill, BRookline, MassaChusetts 1.3 View of street, c. 1900 Courtesy of the Riverside Historical 1.17 “General Plan for subdivision of properties on Brookline Hill,” Museum, Village of Riverside, Illinois December 1884 F.L. Olmsted and J.C. Olmsted, Landscape Architects Plan 1012- 7 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, 1.4 “Riverside, Planned Suburban Community, Chicago, IL.,” 1994 Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Courtesy of Paul Rocheleau, photographer 553 © 2020 The Johns Hopkins University Press UNCORRECTED PROOF Do not quote for publication until verified with finished book. All rights reserved. No portion of this may be reproduced or distributed without permission. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION 9781421438672_Olmsted_int.indb 553 2/25/20 4:45 PM saw MpsCott land tRust, newpoRt hospital lands and RoCky FaRM, swaMpsCott, MassaChusetts newpoRt, Rhode island 1.18 “View from inner ledge off Phillips Point” Detail, Swampscott, 1.28 “Plan for subdivision of Properties in Newport, R.I. belonging Essex County, Mass.—11 miles from Boston, c. 1871 (Boston) to Newport Hospital 216 acres, Lots 1–12 and 18–53; George A. pga03575u Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Richmond 16.7 acres, Lots 13–17,” January 1888 F.L. and J.C. Photographs Division Olmsted, Landscape Architects Lithograph 1039 Olmsted Lithograph Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic 1.19 “General Plan for subdivision of property of Swampscott Land Trust, Swampscott, Mass.,” February 1888 F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, Site Landscape Architects Plan 1053- 11 Olmsted Plans & Drawings 1.29 Newport Neck, 1893 Homer Dodge Martin, American, 1836–1897 Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Oil on canvas, 29 3/8 x 45 5/8 in. (74.7 x 115.9 cm) The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and linwood, lynn, MassaChusetts Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 69.30.133 1.20 “Preliminary Plan for subdivision of property called ‘Linwood’ 1.30 “Plan for the subdivision of a part of the property of the Newport into Roads, Building Sites and Pleasure Grounds,” July 26, 1889 Hospital with a view to Villa sites,” July 26, 1886 F.L. & J.C. F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, Landscape Architects Plan 1123- 14 Olmsted, Landscape Architects Plan 1039- z4- pt1 Olmsted Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National National Historic Site Historic Site 1.21 “General Plan for subdivision into roads and building sites of the 1.31 Almy’s Pond, Newport, Rhode Island, 1859 Samuel Colman Oil estate known as Linwood in Lynn, Mass.,” September 1889 on canvas, 8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (20.32 cm x 35.88 cm) Gift of Linda F.L. Olmsted and Co., Landscape Architects Plan 1123- 16- pt1 Horvitz Roth, Class of 1976, and David Roth, 2009.25 American Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted Paintings Collection Courtesy of the Bowdoin College Museum National Historic Site of Art Digital photography by Peter Siegel n ewpoRt, Rhode island newpoRt land tRust, easton point. newpoRt, Rhode island 1.22 “Newport, R.I.” Galt & Hoy (New York, 1878) pm008790 Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division 1.32 “Map for laying out the property of the Newport Land Trust at Easton Point, 1887,” July 12, 1887 F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, 1.23 Selected Commissions of the Olmsted Firm in Newport “Index Landscape Architects Lithograph 1070 Olmsted Lithograph Map City of Newport,” Topographic Atlas of Surveys, Southern Rhode Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Island (Philadelphia, 1895) | WardMaps LLC Drawn by Tim Crawford for The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project sR udB ook, BaltiMoRe County, MaRyland kging- loveR lands, newpoRt, Rhode island 1.33 “The Sudbrook Land Company of Baltimore Co. Cross- sections for Roads,” June 5, 1889 F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, Landscape 1.24 “Arthur Curtiss James,” n.d. Job 3558, photo 68- 30 Aiglon Aerial Architects Plan 1054- 5 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Photograph Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Site 1.34 “General Plan for Sudbrook. The property of Sudbrook Co. of 1.25 “Plan for Subdivision of Properties in Newport, R.I. belonging to Baltimore Co., Maryland,” August 24, 1889 F.L. Olmsted and Co., Mrs. Edward King nos. 1–31, 125.0 acres; J.H. Glover, Esq. nos. 32–55, Landscape Architects Lithograph 1054 Olmsted Lithograph 87.2 acres; The Hon. C.S. Bradley, nos. 56–73, 71.9 acres; G. Gordon Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site King, Esq. nos. 74–83, 77.4 acres,” February 1, 1885 F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, Landscape Architects Plan 681-1 Olmsted Plans & 1.35 “Cottage No. 2,” c. 1890 Sudbrook Park. The Property of Sudbrook Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Company, of Baltimore County. Seven Miles from Union Station, Baltimore. On Western Maryland Railroad. Courtesy of Roger 1.26 “View from Beacon Hill, looking toward Newport, R.I.,” 189– Katzenberg, Private Collection George H. Chase, photographer George Augustus Gardner Collection of Photographs, No. 2868 Courtesy of Cabot Science Library, Harvard University Libraries 1.27 “W. Dorsheimer, 1st Study” on verso, n.d. Plan 1073- 9 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site 554 illustRations © 2020 The Johns Hopkins University Press UNCORRECTED PROOF Do not quote for publication until verified with finished book. All rights reserved. No portion of this may be reproduced or distributed without permission. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION 9781421438672_Olmsted_int.indb 554 2/25/20 4:45 PM s heRwood, RiChMond, viRginia st. Cloud hill, nashville, tennessee 1.36 “Sherwood Land Co. Preliminary Plan. No. 1” on verso, November 23, 1.47 “South west view of Fort Negley,” n.d. Gibson & Co., lithographer 1891 Plan 1176- 4 Olmsted Plans & Drawings Collection, 3b05384 Courtesy