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 NERFINISHED
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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Kykuit landscapeArchitect Olmsted Brothers
Charles Eliot employer Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
linked to: Olmsted Brothers
Lincoln Parkway designedBy Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
linked to: Olmsted Brothers
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
linked to: Olmsted Brothers
Charles Eliot employer Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot
linked to: Olmsted Brothers