Olmsted Brothers
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Olmsted Brothers was a prominent American landscape architecture firm, founded by the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, known for designing major estates, parks, and urban landscapes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olmsted Brothers canonical | 5 |
| Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot | 3 |
| Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects | 1 |
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Target entity: Olmsted Brothers Context triple: [Kykuit, landscapeArchitect, Olmsted Brothers]
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Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. was the 19th-century landscape architecture firm formed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park.
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. was a prominent American landscape architect and urban planner known for advancing his father's legacy through major park, conservation, and planning projects in the early 20th century.
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McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs that shaped many landmark public and institutional buildings.
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Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Olmsted Brothers Target entity description: Olmsted Brothers was a prominent American landscape architecture firm, founded by the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, known for designing major estates, parks, and urban landscapes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. was the 19th-century landscape architecture firm formed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park.
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B.
Frederick Law Olmsted
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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C.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. was a prominent American landscape architect and urban planner known for advancing his father's legacy through major park, conservation, and planning projects in the early 20th century.
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D.
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs that shaped many landmark public and institutional buildings.
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E.
Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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landscape architecture firm ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Olmsted Brothers
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surface form:
Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects
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| archiveLocation | Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| basedIn |
Greater Boston
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surface form:
Boston metropolitan area
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designed |
Acadia National Park carriage roads
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Biltmore Estate grounds in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ Boston metropolitan park system projects ⓘ Brooklyn Botanic Garden improvements ⓘ Mount Royal Park, Montreal ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Royal Park improvements in Montreal
National Zoo ⓘ
surface form:
National Zoo grounds in Washington, D.C.
Portland Parks & Recreation ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon park system
Riverside, Illinois landscape work ⓘ Seattle park system ⓘ Stanford University campus plans and improvements ⓘ University of Chicago campus landscape work ⓘ numerous private estates in the United States ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1979 ⓘ |
| employed | numerous landscape architects over several decades ⓘ |
| field | landscape architecture ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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John Charles Olmsted ⓘ |
| headquartersFacility | Fairsted ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | successor to Frederick Law Olmsted’s practice ⓘ |
| inception | 1898 ⓘ |
| industry | design services ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American landscape architecture ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive park systems planning
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integration of scenery, recreation, and urban form in park design ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Arthur A. Shurcliff
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Edward Clark Whiting ⓘ Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ James Frederick Dawson ⓘ John Charles Olmsted ⓘ Percival Gallagher ⓘ |
| operatedAs | family firm ⓘ |
| parentOfFounders |
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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surface form:
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| specializesIn |
campus planning
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estate landscape design ⓘ urban park design ⓘ |
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