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http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-grounds/frederick-law-olmsted
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Birth Date
04/26/1822
Birthplace
Hartford, Connecticut
Death Date
08/28/1903
Occupation
Landscape Designer
Biographical Text
<p class="p1">Frederick Law Olmsted was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 16, 1822. In 1848, his father bought him a farm on Staten Island, where he spent the next eight years conducting experiments in scientific agriculture. Olmsted visited Europe three times during the 1850s, studying city parks and other landscapes. A journalist, social critic, and public administrator, Olmsted wrote for <em>Putnam’s Monthly Magazine</em>, a literary journal, and he co-founded the magazine <em>The Nation</em>.</p>
<p class="p1">In 1857, he collaborated with Calvert Vaux to enter a design competition for Central Park in New York City. They won, and Olmsted and Vaux collaborated on other projects, including city parks, residential neighborhoods, and academic campuses. After the Civil War, they founded a company that specialized in park design. Olmsted believed that preserving nature in urban spaces created a positive environment that would foster good citizenship. His final project was George W. Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate, near Asheville, North Carolina. He retired in 1895, passing his firm on to his son, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/78">Frederick Jr.</a>, and step-son John Charles. </p>
Bibliography
Charles E. Beveridge. "Olmsted, Frederick Law," American National Biography Online Feb. 2000.
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Frederick
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Olmsted
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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In 1783, the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds commissioned Olmsted, who had co-designed Central Park in New York City, to design the grounds of the Capitol. Olmsted created a park-like plan that complimented the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">Capitol building</a>. His plan added marble terraces on the northern, western, and southern sides of the building, and a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/7">summerhouse </a>for visitors on the side near the Mall. Olmsted's career designing park systems and as an urban planner influenced design plans for the National Mall into the 1900s.
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Architect of the Capitol. <a href="http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-grounds/frederick-law-olmsted">View original image.</a>
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1860-1889
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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Andrew Jackson Downing
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John Halpin
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
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1852
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NPG.2004.23
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Birth Date
10/31/1815
Birthplace
Newburgh, New York
Death Date
07/28/1852
Occupation
Landscape Designer
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<p>Downing was born in Newburgh, New York in 1815. After finishing school at 16, Downing helped his brother manage the family business designing botanic gardens and nurseries. He developed an interest in landscape and domestic architecture, and began projects in his home town. Downing started writing articles on horticulture and landscape design for magazines.</p>
<p>In 1841 he published his first book, <em>A Treatise of the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening</em>, in which he advocated for an English, romantic-style design. He followed this with a book of designs of small and medium sized houses, <em>Cottage Residences</em>, published in 1842. More books followed, both his own and reworked editions of foreign books, all on the subjects of plants and domestic architecture. His books were extremely popular and influenced house and garden design throughout the United States. Beginning in 1846 he published a monthly magazine, in which he expressed his opinion on agricultural issues and design.</p>
<p>Downing was also an advocate for public parks, particularly in the new suburbs. He felt that they would encourage healthful recreation and provide a place for community activities.</p>
<p>Downing died at 36 in a fire caused by an explosion on a steamboat on which he was traveling.</p>
Bibliography
David Schuyler. "Downing, Andrew Jackson." In <em>American National Biography Online</em>. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Andrew
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Downing
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Andrew Jackson Downing
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In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned landscape architect, Andrew Jackson Downing to landscape the Mall. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/356">His design divided the Mall into four smaller parks</a>, each with a unique appearance, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/261">connected by curving walks</a>. Downing was an advocate for urban parks and hoped his design would inspire other cities to create large parks. He died suddenly at age 36 in a steamboat accident before the Mall's new landscape design was finished. A<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/11"> memorial urn</a> in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/431">gardens</a> outside of the Smithsonian Castle honors his contributions to the Mall's design history.
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Image from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
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1830-1859
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Andrew Jackson Downing
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Birth Date
07/24/1870
Birthplace
Staten Island, New York
Occupation
Landscape Designer
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The son of famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted, Frederick Jr. learned the family business of landscape design at an early age, traveling with his father to Europe and across the United States on business trips even while a schoolchild. He graduated from Harvard in 1894 and the next year became a partner in the family firm. The last project on which he worked with his father was the design of the landscape at George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. By 1898, his father had retired and he became full partner with his half-brother John Charles Olmsted.
In addition to a ongoing work with the landscape design of Washington, DC, Olmsted served as landscape architect for the Boston Metropolitan Park System from 1898 to 1920. He sought to use parks as a way to reform society. He felt that the open spaces of parks helped preserve nature, enhanced the beauty of cities, and improved individuals' lives. An advocate for the conservation and preservation of land, Olmsted helped with the wording of the bill which established the National Park Service in 1916.
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Frederick
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Olmsted Jr.
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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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Olmsted Jr. was a landscape architect <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/179">appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt</a> to serve on the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/206">Senate Park Commission</a> in 1901. The Commission was charged with improving the Mall's design and restoring elements of <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/82">Pierre Charles L'Enfant's</a> original plan. Olmsted Jr. established himself after apprenticing with his father, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/85">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>, the landscape architect famous for building New York's Central Park. While working for the Commission, Olmsted Jr. was responsible for designing the landscape and parks system for the Mall. Throughout his life, he remained committed to national and civic parks across the US.
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National Association for Olmsted Parks. <a href="http://www.olmsted.org/the-olmsted-legacy/frederick-law-olmsted-jr">View original image</a>.
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1890-1919
Creator
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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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