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The '''Olmsted Brothers''' company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers [[John Charles Olmsted]] (1852–1920) and [[Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.]] (1870–1957).

==History==
The Olmsted brothers inherited the nation's first landscape architecture business from their father [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]. This firm was a successor to the earlier firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot after the death of their partner [[Charles Eliot (landscape architect)|Charles Eliot]]. The two brothers were among the founding members of the [[American Society of Landscape Architects]] (ASLA) and played an influential role in creating the [[National Park Service]]. The firm employed nearly 60 staff at its peak in the early 1930s. Notable [[landscape architect]]s in the firm included [[James Frederick Dawson]] and Percival Gallagher [http://tclf.org/content/percival-gallagher] [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12622E21190UU.7082&profile=all&uri=link=3100006~!105700~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siarchives&term=Gallagher%2C+Percival%2C&index=].
The last Olmsted family member in the firm, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., retired in 1949.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2003/0427/cover.html | work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The firm itself remained in operation until 1980.

==Office and Archives==
"Fairsted", the firm's 100-year-old business headquarters and design office, has been carefully preserved as the [[Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site]], located on {{convert|7|acre|ha|3}} of landscaped grounds at 99 Warren St., [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]. It offers excellent insights into the practice of large-scale landscape design and engineering. The site also houses an archive (access by appointment only) of the firm's designs, plant lists, and photos for hundreds of projects. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Formal_gdn_OBLA_6883_33_Apr_1921_scan_11_2007_orig_sz_25x24inch.jpg]

==Design Work==
The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous high-profile projects, many of which remain popular to this day, including park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, residential neighborhoods and state capitols. Notable commissions include the roadways in the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] and [[Acadia National Park]]s, [[Yosemite Valley]], Atlanta's [[Piedmont Park]], a residential neighborhood in [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]: [[Uplands, Greater Victoria|Uplands]]; entire park systems in cities such as [[Seattle]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990502&slug=2958185 | work=The Seattle Times | first=David B. | last=Williams | title=The Olmsted Legacy -- The Fabled Massachusetts Landscape Firm Got To Seattle Early, And That Has Made All The Difference | date=May 2, 1999}}</ref> and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state's [[Northern State Hospital]]. The Olmsted Brothers also co-authored, with [[Harland Bartholomew]], a 1930 report for the [[Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce]] entitled "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region" encouraging the preservation of outdoor public space in southern California.<ref name="edenbydesign">{{cite book
|author=Hise, Greg; Deverell, William
|title=Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
|publisher=University of California Press
|isbn=978-0520224155}}</ref> The report was largely ignored by the city, but became an important urban planning reference.

===Selected Private and Civic Designs===
* [[Audubon Park, New Orleans|Audubon Park]], New Orleans, Louisiana
* [[Ashland Park]], residential neighborhood built around [[Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
* The [[British Properties]], [[Vancouver, Canada]]
* [[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial]] a [[World War II]] for American servicemen in [[Cambridgeshire]], near [[Cambridge]], [[England]]
* [[Caracas]] Country Club (1920s)<ref>Romero, Simon, Sandra La Fuente P. contributed reporting,
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/americas/28venez.html "A Venezuelan Oasis of Elitism Counts Its Days"], ''The New York Times'', December 27, 2010 (December 28, 2010, p. A1 NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-12-28.</ref>
*[[Cleveland Metroparks|Cleveland Metroparks System]], in the [[Greater Cleveland]] area, [[Ohio]]
* Crocker Field Park, [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]
* [[Elm Bank Horticulture Center]]
* [[First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway]]
* [[Fort Tryon Park]]
* [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
* [[Grover Cleveland Park]], [[Caldwell, New Jersey]]
* [[High Point (New Jersey)]] Park
* [[Homelands Neighborhood (Indian Orchard, Massachusetts)]]
* [[Katonah Village Historic District|"New" Katonah]], [[Katonah, New York]]
* Kentucky State Capitol Grounds, [[Frankfort, Kentucky]]
* [[Kohler, Wisconsin|Kohler (Village of), Wisconsin]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kohler.com/corp/about/timeline/index.htm|title= Company Timeline|publisher=[[Kohler Company]]|quote=}}</ref>
* [[Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Ca.]] <ref>{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leimert_Park,_Los_Angeles}</ref>
* Locust Valley Cemetery, [[Locust Valley, New York]]
* Metro Parks, [[Summit County, Ohio]] <ref>[http://www.summitmetroparks.org Metro Parks]</ref>
* [[Manito Park and Botanical Gardens]], [[Spokane, Washington]]
* [[Marconi Plaza]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* [[Marquette Park]], Chicago, Illinois
* [[Memorial Park]], [[Maplewood]], [[New Jersey]]
* [[Oheka Castle|Otto Kahn Estate]], Cold Spring Hills, New York
* [[Oldfields]]-Lilly House and Gardens [http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/oldfieldsgardens] [[Oldfields]], Indianapolis, Indiana, a National Historic Landmark, originally Hugh Landon estate (Olmsted job # 6883 [http://www.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm] 1920-1927) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Border_plantings,_Olmsted_job-6883,_sheet_88,_scanned_11_2007_orig_sz_29x24inch.jpg]
* [[Pope Park, Hartford, Connecticut]]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3290 Seattle Park System]
* [[South Mountain Reservation]], [[Maplewood]], [[Millburn]], [[South Orange]], [[West Orange]], [[New Jersey]]
* Thompson Park, [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown, New York]] and roadways
Union County NJ Park system
* [[Utica Parks and Parkway Historic District|Utica, New York Parks and Parkway System]], 1908–1914
* [[Verona Park]], [[Verona, New Jersey]]
* [[Cleveland_Museum_of_Art#Wade_Park|Wade Lagoon]], on [[University Circle]], Cleveland, Ohio
* Warinanco Park, [[Roselle, New Jersey]]
* Washington State Capitol Campus Grounds [Olympia]
* Watsessing Park, Bloomfield, NJ
* [[The Highlands (Seattle)]]

===Campus Designs===
*[[Bryn Mawr College]], [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]] (1895–1927)
*[[Chatham University]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Denison University]], [[Granville, Ohio]]
*[[Harvard Business School]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (1925–31)
*[[Haverford College]], [[Haverford, Pennsylvania]] (1925–32)*
*[[Huntingdon College]] campus <ref>[http://www.huntingdon.edu/visit_our_campus/map Huntingdon College campus map]</ref>
*[[Iowa State University]] [[Ames, Iowa]] (1906)
*[[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Baltimore, Maryland]] (1903–19)
*[[Louisiana State University]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/041/beauty.html | title=The LSU Campus | publisher = Louisiana State University| date= January, 2004 | accessdate = 2009-08-19}}</ref>
*[[Middlesex School]], [[Concord, Massachusetts]] (1901)
*[[Mount Holyoke College]], [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]] (1896–1922)
* [[Newton Country Day School]], [[Newton, Massachusetts]] (1927)
* [[Oberlin College]], [[Oberlin, Ohio]] (1903) <ref>[http://www.oberlin.edu/library/news/observer16.17/observations.html Blodgett, Geoffrey. Oberlin College Observer, Thursday May 11, 1995. "The Grand March of Oberlin campus plans."]</ref>
*[[Ohio State University]], [[Columbus, Ohio]] (1909) <ref>[http://www.fpd.ohio-state.edu/assets/Master_Planning/columbus/volumes/volume1/v1c2.html Ohio State University, Master Plan Vol. 1 Chap. 2]</ref>
*[[Oregon State University]], [[Corvallis, Oregon]] (1909) <ref>{{cite news | url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/bitstream/1957/7930/1/Rep_on_Org_Agr_1909.pdf | title=Report on Oregon Agricultural College, 1909 | publisher = Olmstead Brothers| date= October 1, 1909 | accessdate = 2009-10-03}}</ref>
*[[Saint Joseph College (Connecticut)]]
*[[Samford University]], [[Homewood, Alabama]]
*[[University of Chicago]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] (1901–10)
*[[University of Florida]], [[Gainesville, Florida]] (1925)
*[[University of Idaho]], [[Moscow, Idaho]] (1908)<ref>[http://www.ucm.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=86022 Official site], [[University of Idaho]]</ref>
*[[University of Montevallo]], [[Montevallo, Alabama]]
*[[University of Notre Dame]], [[Notre Dame, Indiana]] (1929–32)
*[[University of Rhode Island]], [[Kingston, Rhode Island]] (1894–1903)
*[[University of Washington]], [[Seattle, Washington]] (1902–20)
*[[Vassar College]], [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]] (1896–1932)
* [[Western Michigan University]] original campus, [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
*[[Williams College]], [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]] (1902–12)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.olmsted.org/index.php?tg=articles&idx=More&topics=46&article=63 Olmsted His Essential Theory]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1124 Olmsted Parks in Seattle -- A Snapshot History] at HistoryLink.org
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001018 Olmsted Associates: A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division]
* [http://ww2.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm Olmsted Research Guide Online] a search tool for Olmsted projects and archival records
* [http://www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site] preserved home, office and archives of Olmsted firm, National Park Service
* [http://www.olmsted.org/ National Association for Olmsted Parks]
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[[Category:Landscape architecture]]
[[Category:Landscape]]
[[Category:Cultural landscapes]]
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[[Category:NRHP architects]]

[[fr:Olmsted Brothers]]

Olmsted Brothers

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The '''Olmsted Brothers''' company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers [[John Charles Olmsted]] (1852–1920) and [[Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.]] (1870–1957).

==History==
The Olmsted brothers inherited the nation's first landscape architecture business from their father [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]. This firm was a successor to the earlier firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot after the death of their partner [[Charles Eliot (landscape architect)|Charles Eliot]]. The two brothers were among the founding members of the [[American Society of Landscape Architects]] (ASLA) and played an influential role in creating the [[National Park Service]]. The firm employed nearly 60 staff at its peak in the early 1930s. Notable [[landscape architect]]s in the firm included [[James Frederick Dawson]] and Percival Gallagher [http://tclf.org/content/percival-gallagher] [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12622E21190UU.7082&profile=all&uri=link=3100006~!105700~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siarchives&term=Gallagher%2C+Percival%2C&index=].
The last Olmsted family member in the firm, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., retired in 1949.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2003/0427/cover.html | work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The firm itself remained in operation until 1980.

==Office and Archives==
"Fairsted", the firm's 100-year-old business headquarters and design office, has been carefully preserved as the [[Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site]], located on {{convert|7|acre|ha|3}} of landscaped grounds at 99 Warren St., [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]. It offers excellent insights into the practice of large-scale landscape design and engineering. The site also houses an archive (access by appointment only) of the firm's designs, plant lists, and photos for hundreds of projects. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Formal_gdn_OBLA_6883_33_Apr_1921_scan_11_2007_orig_sz_25x24inch.jpg]

==Design Work==
The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous high-profile projects, many of which remain popular to this day, including park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, residential neighborhoods and state capitols. Notable commissions include the roadways in the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] and [[Acadia National Park]]s, [[Yosemite Valley]], Atlanta's [[Piedmont Park]], a residential neighborhood in [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]: [[Uplands, Greater Victoria|Uplands]]; entire park systems in cities such as [[Seattle]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990502&slug=2958185 | work=The Seattle Times | first=David B. | last=Williams | title=The Olmsted Legacy -- The Fabled Massachusetts Landscape Firm Got To Seattle Early, And That Has Made All The Difference | date=May 2, 1999}}</ref> and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state's [[Northern State Hospital]]. The Olmsted Brothers also co-authored, with [[Harland Bartholomew]], a 1930 report for the [[Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce]] entitled "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region" encouraging the preservation of outdoor public space in southern California.<ref name="edenbydesign">{{cite book
|author=Hise, Greg; Deverell, William
|title=Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
|publisher=University of California Press
|isbn=978-0520224155}}</ref> The report was largely ignored by the city, but became an important urban planning reference.

===Selected Private and Civic Designs===
* [[Audubon Park, New Orleans|Audubon Park]], New Orleans, Louisiana
* [[Ashland Park]], residential neighborhood built around [[Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
* The [[British Properties]], [[Vancouver, Canada]]
* [[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial]] a [[World War II]] for American servicemen in [[Cambridgeshire]], near [[Cambridge]], [[England]]
* [[Caracas]] Country Club (1920s)<ref>Romero, Simon, Sandra La Fuente P. contributed reporting,
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/americas/28venez.html "A Venezuelan Oasis of Elitism Counts Its Days"], ''The New York Times'', December 27, 2010 (December 28, 2010, p. A1 NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-12-28.</ref>
*[[Cleveland Metroparks|Cleveland Metroparks System]], in the [[Greater Cleveland]] area, [[Ohio]]
* Crocker Field Park, [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]
* [[Elm Bank Horticulture Center]]
* [[First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway]]
* [[Fort Tryon Park]]
* [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
* [[Grover Cleveland Park]], [[Caldwell, New Jersey]]
* [[High Point (New Jersey)]] Park
* [[Homelands Neighborhood (Indian Orchard, Massachusetts)]]
* [[Katonah Village Historic District|"New" Katonah]], [[Katonah, New York]]
* Kentucky State Capitol Grounds, [[Frankfort, Kentucky]]
* [[Kohler, Wisconsin|Kohler (Village of), Wisconsin]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kohler.com/corp/about/timeline/index.htm|title= Company Timeline|publisher=[[Kohler Company]]|quote=}}</ref>
* [[Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Ca.]] <ref>{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leimert_Park,_Los_Angeles}</ref>
* Locust Valley Cemetery, [[Locust Valley, New York]]
* Metro Parks, [[Summit County, Ohio]] <ref>[http://www.summitmetroparks.org Metro Parks]</ref>
* [[Manito Park and Botanical Gardens]], [[Spokane, Washington]]
* [[Marconi Plaza]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* [[Marquette Park]], Chicago, Illinois
* [[Memorial Park]], [[Maplewood]], [[New Jersey]]
* [[Oheka Castle|Otto Kahn Estate]], Cold Spring Hills, New York
* [[Oldfields]]-Lilly House and Gardens [http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/oldfieldsgardens] [[Oldfields]], Indianapolis, Indiana, a National Historic Landmark, originally Hugh Landon estate (Olmsted job # 6883 [http://www.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm] 1920-1927) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Border_plantings,_Olmsted_job-6883,_sheet_88,_scanned_11_2007_orig_sz_29x24inch.jpg]
* [[Pope Park, Hartford, Connecticut]]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3290 Seattle Park System]
* [[South Mountain Reservation]], [[Maplewood]], [[Millburn]], [[South Orange]], [[West Orange]], [[New Jersey]]
* Thompson Park, [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown, New York]] and roadways
Union County NJ Park system
* [[Utica Parks and Parkway Historic District|Utica, New York Parks and Parkway System]], 1908–1914
* [[Verona Park]], [[Verona, New Jersey]]
* [[Cleveland_Museum_of_Art#Wade_Park|Wade Lagoon]], on [[University Circle]], Cleveland, Ohio
* Warinanco Park, [[Roselle, New Jersey]]
* Washington State Capitol Campus Grounds [Olympia]
* Watsessing Park, Bloomfield, NJ
* [[The Highlands (Seattle)]]

===Campus Designs===
*[[Bryn Mawr College]], [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]] (1895–1927)
*[[Chatham University]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Denison University]], [[Granville, Ohio]]
*[[Harvard Business School]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (1925–31)
*[[Haverford College]], [[Haverford, Pennsylvania]] (1925–32)*
*[[Huntingdon College]] campus <ref>[http://www.huntingdon.edu/visit_our_campus/map Huntingdon College campus map]</ref>
*[[Iowa State University]] [[Ames, Iowa]] (1906)
*[[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Baltimore, Maryland]] (1903–19)
*[[Louisiana State University]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/041/beauty.html | title=The LSU Campus | publisher = Louisiana State University| date= January, 2004 | accessdate = 2009-08-19}}</ref>
*[[Middlesex School]], [[Concord, Massachusetts]] (1901)
*[[Mount Holyoke College]], [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]] (1896–1922)
* [[Newton Country Day School]], [[Newton, Massachusetts]] (1927)
*[[Ohio State University]], [[Columbus, Ohio]] (1909) <ref>[http://www.fpd.ohio-state.edu/assets/Master_Planning/columbus/volumes/volume1/v1c2.html Ohio State University, Master Plan Vol. 1 Chap. 2]</ref>
*[[Oregon State University]], [[Corvallis, Oregon]] (1909) <ref>{{cite news | url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/bitstream/1957/7930/1/Rep_on_Org_Agr_1909.pdf | title=Report on Oregon Agricultural College, 1909 | publisher = Olmstead Brothers| date= October 1, 1909 | accessdate = 2009-10-03}}</ref>
*[[Saint Joseph College (Connecticut)]]
*[[Samford University]], [[Homewood, Alabama]]
*[[University of Chicago]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] (1901–10)
*[[University of Florida]], [[Gainesville, Florida]] (1925)
*[[University of Idaho]], [[Moscow, Idaho]] (1908)<ref>[http://www.ucm.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=86022 Official site], [[University of Idaho]]</ref>
*[[University of Montevallo]], [[Montevallo, Alabama]]
*[[University of Notre Dame]], [[Notre Dame, Indiana]] (1929–32)
*[[University of Rhode Island]], [[Kingston, Rhode Island]] (1894–1903)
*[[University of Washington]], [[Seattle, Washington]] (1902–20)
*[[Vassar College]], [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]] (1896–1932)
* [[Western Michigan University]] original campus, [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
*[[Williams College]], [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]] (1902–12)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.olmsted.org/index.php?tg=articles&idx=More&topics=46&article=63 Olmsted His Essential Theory]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1124 Olmsted Parks in Seattle -- A Snapshot History] at HistoryLink.org
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001018 Olmsted Associates: A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division]
* [http://ww2.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm Olmsted Research Guide Online] a search tool for Olmsted projects and archival records
* [http://www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site] preserved home, office and archives of Olmsted firm, National Park Service
* [http://www.olmsted.org/ National Association for Olmsted Parks]
{{Druid Hills}}
[[Category:American landscape architects]]
[[Category:Landscape architecture]]
[[Category:Landscape]]
[[Category:Cultural landscapes]]
[[Category:Companies based in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1898 establishments]]
[[Category:NRHP architects]]

[[fr:Olmsted Brothers]]

Olmsted Brothers

2011-12-09T00:53:03Z

Fixifex: /* Campus Designs */ Added Oberlin College

The '''Olmsted Brothers''' company was an influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by stepbrothers [[John Charles Olmsted]] (1852–1920) and [[Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.]] (1870–1957).

==History==
The Olmsted brothers inherited the nation's first landscape architecture business from their father [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]. This firm was a successor to the earlier firm of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot after the death of their partner [[Charles Eliot (landscape architect)|Charles Eliot]]. The two brothers were among the founding members of the [[American Society of Landscape Architects]] (ASLA) and played an influential role in creating the [[National Park Service]]. The firm employed nearly 60 staff at its peak in the early 1930s. Notable [[landscape architect]]s in the firm included [[James Frederick Dawson]] and Percival Gallagher [http://tclf.org/content/percival-gallagher] [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12622E21190UU.7082&profile=all&uri=link=3100006~!105700~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siarchives&term=Gallagher%2C+Percival%2C&index=].
The last Olmsted family member in the firm, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., retired in 1949.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2003/0427/cover.html | work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The firm itself remained in operation until 1980.

==Office and Archives==
"Fairsted", the firm's 100-year-old business headquarters and design office, has been carefully preserved as the [[Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site]], located on {{convert|7|acre|ha|3}} of landscaped grounds at 99 Warren St., [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]. It offers excellent insights into the practice of large-scale landscape design and engineering. The site also houses an archive (access by appointment only) of the firm's designs, plant lists, and photos for hundreds of projects. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Formal_gdn_OBLA_6883_33_Apr_1921_scan_11_2007_orig_sz_25x24inch.jpg]

==Design Work==
The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous high-profile projects, many of which remain popular to this day, including park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, residential neighborhoods and state capitols. Notable commissions include the roadways in the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] and [[Acadia National Park]]s, [[Yosemite Valley]], Atlanta's [[Piedmont Park]], a residential neighborhood in [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]: [[Uplands, Greater Victoria|Uplands]]; entire park systems in cities such as [[Seattle]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990502&slug=2958185 | work=The Seattle Times | first=David B. | last=Williams | title=The Olmsted Legacy -- The Fabled Massachusetts Landscape Firm Got To Seattle Early, And That Has Made All The Difference | date=May 2, 1999}}</ref> and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state's [[Northern State Hospital]]. The Olmsted Brothers also co-authored, with [[Harland Bartholomew]], a 1930 report for the [[Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce]] entitled "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region" encouraging the preservation of outdoor public space in southern California.<ref name="edenbydesign">{{cite book
|author=Hise, Greg; Deverell, William
|title=Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
|publisher=University of California Press
|isbn=978-0520224155}}</ref> The report was largely ignored by the city, but became an important urban planning reference.

===Selected Private and Civic Designs===
* [[Audubon Park, New Orleans|Audubon Park]], New Orleans, Louisiana
* [[Ashland Park]], residential neighborhood built around [[Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
* The [[British Properties]], [[Vancouver, Canada]]
* [[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial]] a [[World War II]] for American servicemen in [[Cambridgeshire]], near [[Cambridge]], [[England]]
* [[Caracas]] Country Club (1920s)<ref>Romero, Simon, Sandra La Fuente P. contributed reporting,
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/americas/28venez.html "A Venezuelan Oasis of Elitism Counts Its Days"], ''The New York Times'', December 27, 2010 (December 28, 2010, p. A1 NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-12-28.</ref>
*[[Cleveland Metroparks|Cleveland Metroparks System]], in the [[Greater Cleveland]] area, [[Ohio]]
* Crocker Field Park, [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]
* [[Elm Bank Horticulture Center]]
* [[First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway]]
* [[Fort Tryon Park]]
* [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
* [[Grover Cleveland Park]], [[Caldwell, New Jersey]]
* [[High Point (New Jersey)]] Park
* [[Homelands Neighborhood (Indian Orchard, Massachusetts)]]
* [[Katonah Village Historic District|"New" Katonah]], [[Katonah, New York]]
* Kentucky State Capitol Grounds, [[Frankfort, Kentucky]]
* [[Kohler, Wisconsin|Kohler (Village of), Wisconsin]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kohler.com/corp/about/timeline/index.htm|title= Company Timeline|publisher=[[Kohler Company]]|quote=}}</ref>
* [[Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Ca.]] <ref>{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leimert_Park,_Los_Angeles}</ref>
* Locust Valley Cemetery, [[Locust Valley, New York]]
* Metro Parks, [[Summit County, Ohio]] <ref>[http://www.summitmetroparks.org Metro Parks]</ref>
* [[Manito Park and Botanical Gardens]], [[Spokane, Washington]]
* [[Marconi Plaza]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* [[Marquette Park]], Chicago, Illinois
* [[Memorial Park]], [[Maplewood]], [[New Jersey]]
* [[Oheka Castle|Otto Kahn Estate]], Cold Spring Hills, New York
* [[Oldfields]]-Lilly House and Gardens [http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/oldfieldsgardens] [[Oldfields]], Indianapolis, Indiana, a National Historic Landmark, originally Hugh Landon estate (Olmsted job # 6883 [http://www.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm] 1920-1927) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldfields_Border_plantings,_Olmsted_job-6883,_sheet_88,_scanned_11_2007_orig_sz_29x24inch.jpg]
* [[Pope Park, Hartford, Connecticut]]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3290 Seattle Park System]
* [[South Mountain Reservation]], [[Maplewood]], [[Millburn]], [[South Orange]], [[West Orange]], [[New Jersey]]
* Thompson Park, [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown, New York]] and roadways
Union County NJ Park system
* [[Utica Parks and Parkway Historic District|Utica, New York Parks and Parkway System]], 1908–1914
* [[Verona Park]], [[Verona, New Jersey]]
* [[Cleveland_Museum_of_Art#Wade_Park|Wade Lagoon]], on [[University Circle]], Cleveland, Ohio
* Warinanco Park, [[Roselle, New Jersey]]
* Washington State Capitol Campus Grounds [Olympia]
* Watsessing Park, Bloomfield, NJ
* [[The Highlands (Seattle)]]

===Campus Designs===
*[[Bryn Mawr College]], [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]] (1895–1927)
*[[Chatham University]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Denison University]], [[Granville, Ohio]]
*[[Harvard Business School]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (1925–31)
*[[Haverford College]], [[Haverford, Pennsylvania]] (1925–32)*
*[[Huntingdon College]] campus <ref>[http://www.huntingdon.edu/visit_our_campus/map Huntingdon College campus map]</ref>
*[[Iowa State University]] [[Ames, Iowa]] (1906)
*[[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Baltimore, Maryland]] (1903–19)
*[[Louisiana State University]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] <ref>[http://www.oberlin.edu/library/news/observer16.17/observations.html Blodgett, Geoffrey. Oberlin College Observer, Thursday May 11, 1995. "The Grand March of Oberlin campus plans."] url=http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/041/beauty.html | title=The LSU Campus | publisher = Louisiana State University| date= January, 2004 | accessdate = 2009-08-19}}</ref>
*[[Middlesex School]], [[Concord, Massachusetts]] (1901)
*[[Mount Holyoke College]], [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]] (1896–1922)
* [[Newton Country Day School]], [[Newton, Massachusetts]] (1927)
* [[Oberlin College]], [[Oberlin, Ohio]] (1903) <ref>{{cite
*[[Ohio State University]], [[Columbus, Ohio]] (1909) <ref>[http://www.fpd.ohio-state.edu/assets/Master_Planning/columbus/volumes/volume1/v1c2.html Ohio State University, Master Plan Vol. 1 Chap. 2]</ref>
*[[Oregon State University]], [[Corvallis, Oregon]] (1909) <ref>{{cite news | url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/bitstream/1957/7930/1/Rep_on_Org_Agr_1909.pdf | title=Report on Oregon Agricultural College, 1909 | publisher = Olmstead Brothers| date= October 1, 1909 | accessdate = 2009-10-03}}</ref>
*[[Saint Joseph College (Connecticut)]]
*[[Samford University]], [[Homewood, Alabama]]
*[[University of Chicago]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] (1901–10)
*[[University of Florida]], [[Gainesville, Florida]] (1925)
*[[University of Idaho]], [[Moscow, Idaho]] (1908)<ref>[http://www.ucm.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=86022 Official site], [[University of Idaho]]</ref>
*[[University of Montevallo]], [[Montevallo, Alabama]]
*[[University of Notre Dame]], [[Notre Dame, Indiana]] (1929–32)
*[[University of Rhode Island]], [[Kingston, Rhode Island]] (1894–1903)
*[[University of Washington]], [[Seattle, Washington]] (1902–20)
*[[Vassar College]], [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]] (1896–1932)
* [[Western Michigan University]] original campus, [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
*[[Williams College]], [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]] (1902–12)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.olmsted.org/index.php?tg=articles&idx=More&topics=46&article=63 Olmsted His Essential Theory]
* [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1124 Olmsted Parks in Seattle -- A Snapshot History] at HistoryLink.org
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001018 Olmsted Associates: A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division]
* [http://ww2.rediscov.com/olmsted/default.asp?include=master.htm Olmsted Research Guide Online] a search tool for Olmsted projects and archival records
* [http://www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site] preserved home, office and archives of Olmsted firm, National Park Service
* [http://www.olmsted.org/ National Association for Olmsted Parks]
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