Olmsted Brothers

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Olmsted Brothers was a prominent American landscape architecture firm, founded by the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, known for designing major estates, parks, and urban landscapes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf American company ⓘ
landscape architecture firm ⓘ
activePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects ⓘ
linked to: Olmsted Brothers
archiveLocation Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site ⓘ
areaServed Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
basedIn Boston metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Greater Boston
country United States ⓘ
designed Acadia National Park carriage roads ⓘ
Biltmore Estate grounds in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
Boston metropolitan park system projects ⓘ
Brooklyn Botanic Garden improvements ⓘ
Mount Royal Park improvements in Montreal ⓘ
National Zoo grounds in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: National Zoo

Portland, Oregon park system ⓘ
Riverside, Illinois landscape work ⓘ
Seattle park system ⓘ
Stanford University campus plans and improvements ⓘ
University of Chicago campus landscape work ⓘ
numerous private estates in the United States ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
employed numerous landscape architects over several decades ⓘ
field landscape architecture ⓘ
foundedBy Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted ⓘ
headquartersFacility Fairsted ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brookline, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Brookline
heritage successor to Frederick Law Olmsted’s practice ⓘ
inception 1898 ⓘ
industry design services ⓘ
influenced development of American landscape architecture ⓘ
namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive park systems planning ⓘ
integration of scenery, recreation, and urban form in park design ⓘ
notableMember Arthur A. Shurcliff ⓘ
Edward Clark Whiting ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
James Frederick Dawson ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted ⓘ
Percival Gallagher ⓘ
operatedAs family firm ⓘ
parentOfFounders Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
specializesIn campus planning ⓘ
estate landscape design ⓘ
urban park design ⓘ

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Charles Eliot → employer → Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ⓘ
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Lincoln Parkway → designedBy → Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ⓘ
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John Charles Olmsted → memberOf → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted → coFounded → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. → workedFor → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Olmsted Brothers → alsoKnownAs → Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects ⓘ
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Charles Eliot → employer → Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ⓘ
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Blue Hills Parkway → designedBy → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Arthur A. Shurcliff → workedFor → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Arthur A. Shurcliff → employer → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Volunteer Park → designedBy → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
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Olmsted family → hasProfessionalDynasty → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
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Henry Sargent Codman → employer → Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ⓘ
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James Frederick Dawson → employer → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
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Percival Gallagher → memberOf → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
Percival Gallagher → employer → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
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Edward Clark Whiting → employer → Olmsted Brothers ⓘ
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linked to: Olmsted Brothers