Frederick Law Olmsted

E18218

Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape architect
person
social reformer
writer
birthDate 1822-04-26
birthPlace Hartford, Connecticut, United States
child Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
John Charles Olmsted
coDesignerWith Calvert Vaux
Henry Hobson Richardson
John Charles Olmsted
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1903-08-28
deathPlace Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
educatedAt Yale College (informal studies)
linked to: Yale University
employer U.S. Sanitary Commission
familyName Olmsted
fieldOfWork landscape architecture
park design
urban planning
founded Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
linked to: Olmsted, Vaux & Co.

Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
fullName Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.
givenName Frederick
influenced American landscape architecture
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
John Charles Olmsted
urban park movement in the United States
knownFor co-design of Belle Isle Park in Detroit
co-design of Mount Royal Park in Montreal
co-design of the Niagara Reservation at Niagara Falls
co-design of the park system in Buffalo, New York
design of Central Park in New York City
design of Prospect Park in Brooklyn
design of Riverside, Illinois, one of the first planned suburbs
design of the Biltmore Estate landscape in Asheville, North Carolina
design of the Emerald Necklace park system in Boston
design of the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C.
pioneering the profession of landscape architecture in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableIdea integration of large urban parks into city planning
parks as democratic spaces for all social classes
parkways and greenways connecting urban parks
notableWork Biltmore Estate landscape, Asheville
linked to: Biltmore Estate

Buffalo Park and Parkway System
Central Park, New York City
linked to: Central Park

Emerald Necklace, Boston
linked to: Emerald Necklace

Mount Royal Park, Montreal
Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
linked to: Prospect Park

Riverside, Illinois town plan
U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.
occupation author
journalist
landscape architect
participatedIn American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)
linked to: American Civil War
positionHeld General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
residence Brookline, Massachusetts
linked to: Brookline
spouse Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted
wrote A Journey Through Texas
A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (144)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emerald Necklace park system designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Emerald Necklace park system hasDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
Calvert Vaux coDesignerWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Calvert Vaux collaboratedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
The Fens designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Fens hasDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Buffalo park and parkway system designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Biltmore Estate landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
Arnold Arboretum designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Back Bay Fens designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Back Bay Fens creator Frederick Law Olmsted
Jacob Wrey Mould collaboratedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted fullName Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.
linked to: Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted familyName Olmsted
linked to: Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted Park hasArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted Park namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted
Franklin Park designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Franklin Park creator Frederick Law Olmsted
Andrew Jackson Downing influenced Frederick Law Olmsted
Prospect Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Riverside Park (Manhattan) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Morningside Park designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Buffalo hasParkSystemDesignedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Bethesda Terrace associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
The Ramble (Central Park) architect Frederick Law Olmsted
The Ramble (Central Park) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Stony Brook designedIntoLandscapeBy Frederick Law Olmsted
George Washington Vanderbilt II workedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
The Mall and Literary Walk designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Pond (Central Park) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
subject linked to: The Pond
Mount Royal Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
subject linked to: Mount Royal
Harlem Meer designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Lake (Central Park) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject linked to: The Lake
The Parkside neighborhood parkways designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Park architect Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Park category Frederick Law Olmsted works
linked to: Frederick Law Olmsted
Fort Greene Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
The Parade designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Parade creator Frederick Law Olmsted
The Parade hasDesignerRole landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
linked to: Frederick Law Olmsted
Front Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Lake at Front Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Park–Front Park System designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Emerald Necklace designer Frederick Law Olmsted