Frederick Law Olmsted

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Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.

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instanceOf landscape architect
person
social reformer
writer
birthDate 1822-04-26
birthPlace Hartford, Connecticut, United States
child Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
John Charles Olmsted
coDesignerWith Calvert Vaux
Henry Hobson Richardson
John Charles Olmsted
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1903-08-28
deathPlace Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
educatedAt Yale University
surface form: Yale College (informal studies)
employer U.S. Sanitary Commission
familyName Frederick Law Olmsted self-linksurface differs
surface form: Olmsted
fieldOfWork landscape architecture
park design
urban planning
founded Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
surface form: Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot

Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
fullName Frederick Law Olmsted self-linksurface differs
surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.
givenName Frederick
influenced American landscape architecture
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
John Charles Olmsted
urban park movement in the United States
knownFor co-design of Belle Isle Park in Detroit
co-design of Mount Royal Park in Montreal
co-design of the Niagara Reservation at Niagara Falls
co-design of the park system in Buffalo, New York
design of Central Park in New York City
design of Prospect Park in Brooklyn
design of Riverside, Illinois, one of the first planned suburbs
design of the Biltmore Estate landscape in Asheville, North Carolina
design of the Emerald Necklace park system in Boston
design of the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C.
pioneering the profession of landscape architecture in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableIdea integration of large urban parks into city planning
parks as democratic spaces for all social classes
parkways and greenways connecting urban parks
notableWork Biltmore Estate
surface form: Biltmore Estate landscape, Asheville

Buffalo park and parkway system
surface form: Buffalo Park and Parkway System

Central Park
surface form: Central Park, New York City

Emerald Necklace
surface form: Emerald Necklace, Boston

Mount Royal Park, Montreal
Niagara Falls State Park
surface form: Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls

Prospect Park
surface form: Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Riverside, Illinois town plan
United States Capitol grounds
surface form: U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C.
occupation author
journalist
landscape architect
participatedIn American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)
positionHeld General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
residence Brookline
surface form: Brookline, Massachusetts
spouse Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted
wrote A Journey Through Texas
A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

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Muddy River designerOfLandscapeContext Frederick Law Olmsted
Jackson Park designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Jamaica Way hasDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
World’s Columbian Exposition design team member Frederick Law Olmsted
Greater Boston parkway system partlyDesignedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Charles Eliot workedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Charles Eliot influencedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Humboldt Parkway designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Porter Avenue designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Downing Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Riverside, Illinois town plan designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. founder Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. hasPartner Frederick Law Olmsted
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States author Frederick Law Olmsted
A Journey Through Texas author Frederick Law Olmsted
A Journey Through Texas contributor Frederick Law Olmsted
U.S. Sanitary Commission keyPerson Frederick Law Olmsted
Chapin Parkway designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Mount Royal Park, Montreal designer Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Mount Royal Park
Mount Royal Park, Montreal architect Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Mount Royal Park
Arborway designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Valley Gates designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Playstead associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Ellicott Arch designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Prospect Park Lake designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Lincoln Parkway designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Grand Army Plaza designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Greensward Plan designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Mont-Royal hasDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
Highland Park designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Highland Park (Rochester, New York)
Highland Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Highland Park (Rochester, New York)
Pinehurst, North Carolina designedInPartBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (via Florham estate) landscapeArchitectOfResidence Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (via Florham estate) landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Florham estate
John Charles Olmsted relative Frederick Law Olmsted
Midway Plaisance designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. father Frederick Law Olmsted
Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted spouse Frederick Law Olmsted
Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted marriedTo Frederick Law Olmsted
Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted hasChildWith Frederick Law Olmsted