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for Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
1870 - 1957
Olmsted, Jr. studied landscape architecture with his father Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., and received his training in the building and laying out of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from Harvard with an A.B. degree in 1894.
In 1900 Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard, invited Olmsted to develop a course in landscape architecture. Olmsted remained on the Harvard faculty until 1914.
In 1901, Olmsted was appointed to the Senate Park Commission to work on the parks and central group of buildings in Washington, DC. He participated in the Lincoln Memorial project.
Olmsted also aided in the incorporation of the American Academy for the Avanced Study in the Arts in Rome in 1905 and remained on their Council until 1945.
In 1910 Olmsted was appointed to the newly formed Commission of Fine Arts to advise the government on art issued in the capitol. He was also a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission (1926-32) and in this capacity designed Rock Creek Park, Anacostia Park, the Mall and White Houe grounds. He also designed Ft. Tryon Park in New York City, a project funded by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
To qualify as Academician, Olmsted submitted a photograph of "Garden at Cold Spring Harbor, New York" which was supposed to be replaced later by a drawing (Minutes: February 3, 1930).
In 1900 Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard, invited Olmsted to develop a course in landscape architecture. Olmsted remained on the Harvard faculty until 1914.
In 1901, Olmsted was appointed to the Senate Park Commission to work on the parks and central group of buildings in Washington, DC. He participated in the Lincoln Memorial project.
Olmsted also aided in the incorporation of the American Academy for the Avanced Study in the Arts in Rome in 1905 and remained on their Council until 1945.
In 1910 Olmsted was appointed to the newly formed Commission of Fine Arts to advise the government on art issued in the capitol. He was also a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission (1926-32) and in this capacity designed Rock Creek Park, Anacostia Park, the Mall and White Houe grounds. He also designed Ft. Tryon Park in New York City, a project funded by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
To qualify as Academician, Olmsted submitted a photograph of "Garden at Cold Spring Harbor, New York" which was supposed to be replaced later by a drawing (Minutes: February 3, 1930).
