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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Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Charlesgate designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
White City designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)
White City landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)
Leverett Pond designedAsPartOfSystemBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Leverett Pond designerOfParkSystem Frederick Law Olmsted
Leverett Pond associatedWithLandscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
Scarboro Pond hasDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
Scarboro Pond partOf Frederick Law Olmsted
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace design
The Nation founder Frederick Law Olmsted
The Ramble designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Central Park water system architect Frederick Law Olmsted
The Pond in Central Park designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: The Pond (Central Park)
Central Park Reservoir designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Central Park Mall designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Mall (Central Park) designers Frederick Law Olmsted
Central Park (in coordination with Central Park Conservancy) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Central Park
Prospect Park (in coordination with Prospect Park Alliance) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Prospect Park
Olmsted Brothers namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)
The Lake (Central Park) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Amherst Street (Parkside segment) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Riverside Park (Buffalo, New York) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
South Park (Buffalo, New York) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
South Park (Buffalo, New York) landscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
Eastern Parkway designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Eastern Parkway hasLandscapeArchitect Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Park Golf Course designer Frederick Law Olmsted
The Parkways (Buffalo, New York) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
H. W. S. Cleveland influencedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Ossian Cole Simonds influencedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
The Olmsted namedAfter Frederick Law Olmsted
Central Park (on its eastern edge in the Upper West Side area) designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Central Park
Park Drive bridges associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace design
Highland Park (Rochester, New York) designer Frederick Law Olmsted
Court of Honor hasLandscapeDesigner Frederick Law Olmsted
Birkenhead Park influenced Frederick Law Olmsted
Richmond Avenue associatedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
Jamaicaway designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
Charles Eliot (landscape architect) workedWith Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Charles Eliot
Charles Eliot (landscape architect) influencedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
subject surface form: Charles Eliot