Shelburne Farms
Subtitle: house, gardens, farm, and barns
By: Glenn Suokko ; foreword by Alec Webb ; afterword by Megan Camp
Contributors: Webb, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt, 1860-1936; Webb, William Seward; Robertson, R. H. (Robert Henderson), 1849-
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780847858842
Subjects: Shelburne Farms (Shelburne, Vt.); Farms; Mansions
Description: The text tells the story of Shelburne Farms, once a magnificent Gilded Age country estate conceived by America's leading aristocrats of the day, Eliza "Lila" Vanderbilt and William Seward Webb. Built between 1886 and 1905, the houses and barns, designed by architect Robert H. Robertson, include Shelburne House and the Breeding Barn, which was the largest open-span wooden structure in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 287).
Table of contents: title: The beauty of Shelburne Farms; title: Land and lake; title: Shelburne House; title: Formal gardens; title: Major barns; title: Farming the land.