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Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his partner Calvert Vaux.
- List of Olmsted Works
The landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted,...
- Olmsted–Beil House
Olmsted Farmhouse on Staten Island. The Olmsted–Beil House...
- Frederick Law Olmsted Jr
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (July 24, 1870 – December 25,...
- Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux FAIA (/ v ɔː k s /; December 20, 1824 –...
- List of Olmsted Works
On This Page. Frederick Law Olmsted came to the profession of landscape architecture late in his career. For thirty years after 1837 he served as an administrator-first of New York's Central Park, then of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and finally of the Mariposa Mining Company in California. Although he was co-designer of Central Park in 1858 ...
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Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of American landscape architecture. [1] He helped Calvert Vaux design Central Park in New York City. [2] Later he designed many parks.
Olmsted retired in 1895, but his sons, John Charles and Frederick Jr., carried on, and the Olmsted Firm was a functioning landscape practice for over 100 years with commissions for about 6,000 landscapes across North America. (Frederick Jr. was christened Henry Perkins and renamed by his father when he was about eight.
Frederick Law Olmsted. Revered as the “father” of American landscape architecture and perhaps best known for creating New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted was also a nineteenth Century version of a Renaissance man. Olmsted journeyed to China on a merchant ship when he was only 21 years of age. He wrote of experiences he had ...
