ILLUSTRATIONS

• Frederick Law Olmsted, c. 1878 Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts Frontispiece
• View Of U.S. Capitol With Earth Terraces, c. 1880 Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 39
• Plan Of Lower Central Park, New York City, 1873 Courtesy of the Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY 45
• “Preliminary Study For The Laying-Out Of Court Of United States Hotel at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Designed By Fred. Law Olmsted. J. Weidenmann, Landscape Architects April 1874” (Plan 602–1) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 56–57
• “Planting Map For Cortile At Jeffersonville Depot, Ind. Of The Quartermaster’s Department U.S.A.” Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, April 1874 Record Group 77, NARA  Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. 60
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Plan For U.S. Capitol Grounds, c. 1874 (Plan 2820–35) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 65
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• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Mount Royal Design Map 1877”  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 88
• “General Plan For The Improvement Of The U.S. Capitol Grounds” (1875) Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect  Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 95
• Parapet And Curved Bluestone Seat On Edge Of Plaza On East Grounds Of U.S. Capitol Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 97
• Buffalo Park Commission, “Study Of Plan For Improvement Of Niagara Square,” October 1874 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect Private Collection 100
• Proposed Civil War Memorial For Niagara Square, Buffalo, c. December 1874 Henry Hobson Richardson, Architect  Courtesy of Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 102
• View Of West Front Of U.S. Capitol From Southwest Showing Existing Condition With Earth Terraces (1875) Rendering by Thomas Wisedell  Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 104
• View Of West Front Of U.S. Capitol From Southwest Showing Terraces Proposed By Olmsted (1875) Rendering by Thomas Wisedell  Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 105
• Department Of Public Parks [New York City] “Map Of The Riverside District With The Outline Of A Plan Of A Park Extended Over The Ground Originally Appropriated To An Avenue And Designed To Combine The Advantages Of Park And Avenue,” January 18, 1875 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect 110–11
• “Proposed Modification Of Plan Heretofore Presented For A Part Of Riverside Avenue Introducing A Riding Way,” March 15, 1875 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Site, Brookline, Mass. 169
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Preliminary Study For Grounds Of New City And County Hall, Buffalo, N.Y.,” c. January 1876 (Plan [xvii] 12106-Z1) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 172–73
• “Map Of Point Chautauqua Grounds . . . Laid Out By Prof. Fred. Law Olmsted” (1876) Courtesy of Point Chatauga Historical Preservation Society 180–81
• Façade Of Doges’ Palace, Venice Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 185
• Model Of Design By Thomas Fuller For New York State New Capitol c. 1875,  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 189
• “New State Capitol At Albany. General Perspective View, Showing The Proposed Alterations” From American Architect and Building News, March 11, 1876 190
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Back Bay And Parker Hill Parks, Parker Hill & Jamaica Parkways,” (1876) Courtesy of the Francis Loeb Library, Harvard School of Design 194
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Sketch Showing Arrangement For Park-Way With Adjacent Streets And Building Lots, 1876” From BCDP, City of Boston, Second Report (1876) 196
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Plan For Upper Mount Royal Without Reservoir (Plan 609–36) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 207
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Plan For Reservoir And Promenade On Mount Royal (Plan 609-Z26) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 209
• View Of Tompkins Square, November 1870 Drawing no. 2663, Record Group Department of Parks and Recreation  Courtesy of the New York City Municipal Archives 214
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Late Additions To The Plan Of Buffalo,” c. 1876 Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 232
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• Department Of Public Parks [New York City], “Plan Of Streets, Roads And Avenues Within That Part Of The Twenty-Fourth Ward Of The City Of New-York Lying West Of The Easterly Side Of Riverdale Avenue,” February 21, 1877 J. James R. Croes, Civil and Topographical Engineer and Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect  Courtesy of the President of the Borough of the Bronx, New York City 261
• “View Of Baltimore City, Md. From The North” E. Sachse & Co., c. 1862  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 268
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Sketch For North Square (Winter), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. December 1876 OAR/LC B2403  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 270
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “East Park,” Sketch For East Square (Summer), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. December 1876 OAR/LC B2403  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 271
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “West Park,” Sketch For West Square (Autumn), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. December 1876 OAR/LC B2403  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 271
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Sketch For South Square (Spring), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. December 1876 OAR/LC B2403  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 272
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Revised Plan For North Square (Winter), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. March 1877 (Plan 2403–3) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 274
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Revised Plan For South Square (Spring), Washington Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, c. March 1877 (Plan 2403–8) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 275
• Department Of Public Parks [New York City], “Routes For Local Steam Transit In The Twenty-Third And Twenty-Fourth Wards [xix] Of New-York City,” March 20, 1877 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect and J. J. R. Croes, Civil and Topographical Engineer  Courtesy of the President of the Borough of the Bronx, New York City 309
• Department Of Public Parks [New York City], “Plan Of Streets, Roads And Avenues And Public Parks Or Places In The Central District Of The Twenty-Third And Twenty-Fourth Wards Of The City Of New York,” March 28, 1878 [Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect], J. J. R. Croes, Civil and Topographical Engineer  Courtesy of the President of the Borough of the Bronx, New York City 341
• Frederick Law Olmsted, “Map Showing Proposed Belt Of Woods Between Public Grounds West And South Of The Capitol Grounds” Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. 391
• [Frederick Law Olmsted] “Plan For Street Communication Through Reservation 17,” Washington, D.C., June 20, 1879 (Plan 2820–40) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 396
• [Frederick Law Olmsted] Plan II “Rockaway Point. Preliminary Plan,” C. July 1879 (Plan 515–7) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 408
• Frederick Law Olmsted, Plan III “Rockaway Point. Preliminary Plan, Enlarged Scale, Of Districts A And B, Drawing No 1,” July 29, 1879 Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 413
• [Frederick Law Olmsted] Plan IV “Rockaway Point. Modified Preliminary Plan,” c. July 1879  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 414
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Preliminary Plan For The Back Bay Park,” February 13, 1879 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect (Plan 916–3) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 429
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• Street Plan For New York City, 1811 Courtesy of Eno Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallack Division of Art, Prints & Photographs, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations 440
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Revision Of Northern Part Of Preliminary Plan For The Back Bay Park” (Detail), March 5, 1879 Fred. Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect (Plan 916–355) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 448
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Proposed Improvement Of Back Bay” (1879) J. P. Davis, City Engineer and F. L. Olmsted, Landscape Architect  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 452–53
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Sketch No.1,” Barthold Schlesinger Estate, Brookline, Mass. (Plan 614–22) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 465
• “Sketch No.2,” Barthold Schlesinger Estate, Brookline, Massachusetts, September 2, 1879 Fredk Law Olmsted 1. A. (Plan 614–13) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 468
• “Ideal View Up The American Rapids, After The Village Shore And Bath Island Are Restored.” After a drawing by Francis Lathrop, Plate 1, Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls . .. (Albany, 1880) 476
• View Of Back Bay Fens From Boylston Street Bridge, 1896 Courtesy of Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Mass. 482
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Map Of Proposed Arboretum, Showing Its Outlines And Local Connections, With A Study For Public Drive Passing Through It,” (1879) Fredk Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect (Plan 902–4, print 3) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 486–87
• “Plan Of The Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts” From Garden and Forest, March 30, 1892 493
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• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Preliminary Study No. 1,” John C. Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts (Plan 12297–82) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 494
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Sketch No. 2,” John C. Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts (Plan 12297–13) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 495
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], “Plan Of Home Grounds,” John C. Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts (Plan 12297–78) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 505
• Photograph Of Garden With Pavilion And Stone Arch, John C. Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 506
• “Suggestion For The Improvement Of Muddy River And For Completing A Continuous Promenade From The Common To Jamaica Pond” (December 1880) F. L. Olmsted, Landscape Architect  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 519
• Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Plan For South Open Ground And Upper Plaisance Sections (Washington Park) of Chicago South Park (1871) 526
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “West Roxbury Park” From BCDP, City of Boston, Second Report (1876) 529
• [Frederick Law Olmsted] Study For Reduction Of Size Of West Roxbury Park, May 5, 1881 (Plan 918–649) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 531
• View Of Summer House On U.S. Capitol Grounds, c. 1881 (Photograph 2820–2) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 534
• View Of Summer House On U.S. Capitol Grounds, c. 1881 (Photograph 2820–3) Courtesy of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. 534
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• View Of South Facade Of Barthold Schlesinger House, Brookline, Massachusetts Private Collection 537
• [Frederick Law Olmsted], Sketch For Path With Octagonal Terrace Feature On South Side Of House, Barthold Schlesinger Estate, Brookline, Massachusetts, Summer 1881 (Plan 614-Z3) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 538
• View Of John C. Phillips House, Beverly, Massachusetts Courtesy of Boston Architectural Center, Boston, Mass. 551
• View Of Principal Terrace, John C. Phillips Estate, Beverly, Massachusetts Courtesy of the George L. Batchelder III family 552
• View Of Montauk Association Cottages, Montauk Point, Long Island Courtesy of Carlton Kelsey Archive, Amagansett Historical Association, Amagansett, NY. 556
• Park Department, City Of Boston, “Proposed Park System From The Common To The West Roxbury Park Including The Back Bay And Muddy River Improvements, Jamaica Pond And The Arnold Arboretum”(1882) Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 570
• View Of U.S. Capitol With Proposed Terrace, From Southwest (1882) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 578
• Floor Plan Of Basement Of Proposed Terrace Of U.S. Capitol (1882) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 580
• Plan Of “Esplanade” Of Proposed Terrace Of U.S. Capitol With Two Details Showing Line Of Sight Made Possible By Two-Tiered Form Of Terrace (1882) Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 581