Landscape gardens on the Hudson, a history
Subtitle: the romantic age, the great estates, & the birth of American landscape architecture
By: Robert M. Toole
Edition: 1st ed. pbk.
Publisher: Black Dome
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hensonville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781883789688
Subjects: Historic sites; Landscape architecture; Local History; Historic buildings; Landscape gardening; Gardens; Dwellings; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background; title: Prelude : the colonial period; title: Clermont, "In complete fairy-land," and Landor's Cottage; title: Hyde Park (Vanderbilt); title: Montgomery Place; title: Blithewood; title: Sunnyside; title: Knoll (Lyndhurst); title: Millbrook and Kenwood; title: Locust Grove; title: Highland Gardens; title: Springside; title: Idlewild, The Point, and Wilderstein; title: Olana; title: Epilogue; title: List of illustrations; title: Appendix A. Visiting landscape gardens on the Hudson; title: Appendix B. Visiting the best of the English landscape gardens.