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In 1913 Steele embarked on a four-month tour of Europe to study European designs. Upon his return to America, he opened his own practice. His early garden plans are generally in the English Arts and crafts style of Gertrude Jekyll, Reginald Blomfield, and T. H. Mawson, but ornamented with Italianate detailing such as balustrades, hedges, urns, statuary, stone pineapples, and flights of water ...
Naumkeag was designed by architect Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White in 1885 as the summer estate for Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917), a prominent New York City attorney and American ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1899 to 1905, and his wife Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate, an artist and advocate for women's education.
United States historic place Mission House U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. Historic district Contributing property Show map of Massachusetts Show map of the United States Location Stockbridge, Massachusetts Coordinates 42°16′59.6″N 73°18′57.1″W / 42.283222°N 73.315861°W / 42.283222; -73.315861 Built c. 1742 Architect John ...
Melissa McGrain became a pen pal of Nancy Turner, who supplied valuable advice and interesting knowledge about Steele and the Turners' garden. [9] Nancy Turner was also a valuable source of advice and knowledge for Robin Karson, the author of the 2003 book Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect: An Account of the Gardenmaker's Life, 1885-1971. [11]
This Gilded Age mansion and country estate was designed by McKim, Mead & White, with landscaping by Fletcher Steele. Built in the 1880s for lawyer Joseph Choate, it was given by his daughter to The Trustees of Reservations, who operate it as a museum. [115] 88 + Nauset Archeological District: Nauset Archeological District: April 19, 1993 : Eastham
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Turner House (New York), an 1840s house for which a garden was designed in the 1960s by landscape architect Fletcher Steele; Winslow-Turner Carriage House, Plattsburgh, New York, NRHP-listed; Neill-Turner-Lester House, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, NRHP-listed; John T. and Mary Turner House, Raleigh, North Carolina, NRHP-listed
The royal kids might not be allowed to keep some of their Christmas presents from the public this year thanks to the family's strict rules about gift giving.