Description: Figure 8, a landscape design published in "Cottage Residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds. Adapted to North America," by A. J. Downing. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815 - 1852) was one of the most important pre-Civil War designers and writers in America. He began his career as a landscaper and founded the magazine "The Horticulturist," which he used to promote scientific agriculture. As an architect, he designed buildings that mixed romantic architecture with the pastoral, picturesque architecture of the English countryside. He collaborated with Alexander Jackson Davis on "Cottage Residences." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04856
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers; Landscape design
Places: New York; London (England)
 

Description: Blueprint of landscape design for Moundbuilders State Park, now known as Great Circle Earthworks. The earthworks were built by the Hopewell culture approximately 2000 years ago. The circle is nearly 1200 feet in diameter and was used as a vast ceremonial center by its builders. The Great Circle is one part of the Newark Earthworks State Memorial, the largest system of connected geometric earthworks built anywhere in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_90_13_10
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Mounds--Ohio; Landscape design
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: "View in the Grounds at Blithewood, Dutchess County, New York," an illustration opposite the title page of "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, with Remarks on Rural Architecture" by A. J. Downing, 1853. Blithewood was the residence of Robert Donaldson, Esquire. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815 - 1852) was one of the most important pre-Civil War designers and writers in America. He began his career as a landscaper and founded the magazine "The Horticulturist," which he used to promote scientific agriculture. As an architect, he designed buildings that mixed romantic architecture with the pastoral, picturesque architecture of the English countryside. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04843
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers; Landscape design; Other--Non Ohio
Places: Dutchess County (New York)
 

Description: Illustration accompanying the beginning of Chapter IV, "Suburban Neighborhoods Compared with Country Places," from "The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent: The Advantages of Suburban Homes Over City or Country Homes; the Comfort and Economy of Neighboring Improvements; the Choice and Treatment of Building Sites; and the Best Modes of Laying Out, Planting, and Keeping Decorated Grounds," by Frank J. Scott, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04848
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers; Landscape design
Places: New York
 

Description: Planting guide on the reverse of "Design for a Front Lawn and Flower Garden for a Suburban Residence," a plate from "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen," by Frank Morse. The plan was designed by William Webster, landscape gardener. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04832
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: Planting guide for design of "Rear Grounds for a Suburban Residence," a plate from "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen," by Frank Morse. The plan was designed by William Webster, landscape gardener. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04834
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: Photograph of landscape architect Albert D. Taylor (standing) with a client couple and their Great Dane, ca. 1930-1949. The photograph was taken in Florida, where Taylor maintained an office. Taylor, a native of Massachusetts, opened his own landscape architecture firm in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1913, and continued in the practice until his death. From 1916 to 1924 he held a position as a non-resident Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Ohio State University in Columbus. When he passed away on January 8th, 1951, Taylor was highly regarded in his profession and was almost single-handedly responsible for establishing landscape architecture as a respected profession in the Great Lakes Region. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05443
Subjects: Ohio State University; Landscape architects; Landscape design; Dogs
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Florida
 

Description: "Plan of Rear Grounds for a Suburban Residence," a plate from "The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen," by Frank Morse. The plan was designed by William Webster, landscape gardener. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04833
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: "Fig. 14. The Geometric style, from an old print," an illustration from "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, with Remarks on Rural Architecture." by A.J. Downing. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815 - 1852) was one of the most important pre-Civil War designers and writers in America. He began his career as a landscaper and founded the magazine "The Horticulturist," which he used to promote scientific agriculture. As an architect, he designed buildings that mixed romantic architecture with the pastoral, picturesque architecture of the English countryside. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04844
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: New York
 

Description: "Fig. 15. Example of the beautiful in Landscape Gardening," an illustration from "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, with Remarks on Rural Architecture," by A.J. Downing. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815 - 1852) was one of the most important pre-Civil War designers and writers in America. He began his career as a landscaper and founded the magazine "The Horticulturist," which he used to promote scientific agriculture. As an architect, he designed buildings that mixed romantic architecture with the pastoral, picturesque architecture of the English countryside. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04845
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: New York
 

Description: "Fig. 16. Example of the Picturesque in Landscape Gardening," an illustration from "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, with Remarks on Rural Architecture," by A.J. Downing. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815 - 1852) was one of the most important pre-Civil War designers and writers in America. He began his career as a landscaper and founded the magazine "The Horticulturist," which he used to promote scientific agriculture. As an architect, he designed buildings that mixed romantic architecture with the pastoral, picturesque architecture of the English countryside. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04846
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: New York
 

Description: Plate I.B. from "The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent: The Advantages of Suburban Homes Over City or Country Homes; the Comfort and Economy of Neighboring Improvements; the Choice and Treatment of Building Sites; and the Best Modes of Laying Out, Planting, and Keeping Decorated Grounds," by Frank J. Scott, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04850
Subjects: Landscape design; Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Gardens; Gardening; Flowers
Places: New York