Last updated: June 18, 2024
Place
High Pasture
Olmsted Archives
Quick Facts
Location:
Camp Neddick, ME
Significance:
Olmsted Designed Estate
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
In 1905, Philadelphians James and Alice Pardee Earle made the move to Cape Neddick, Maine, where they purchased treeless, rocky pasture overlooking the ocean to place their estate. In 1910, the Earle’s hired Olmsted Brothers to design their carriage drive, woodshed with an adjacent laundry yard, and flower garden. James Dawson was chosen to lead the design, working with the Earle’s daughter Elinor to design a walled garden to protect plants from the harsh ocean winds.
After buying additional land in 1926, the Earle’s again reached out to Olmsted Brothers, with Carl Rust Parker getting to lead this section of the design. Parker assisted in creating a new drive to accommodate automobiles, with Dawson’s original drive becoming a formal garden with stone paths and stairs leading to the house.
Source: "High Pasture," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
After buying additional land in 1926, the Earle’s again reached out to Olmsted Brothers, with Carl Rust Parker getting to lead this section of the design. Parker assisted in creating a new drive to accommodate automobiles, with Dawson’s original drive becoming a formal garden with stone paths and stairs leading to the house.
Source: "High Pasture," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr