Last updated: June 8, 2024
Place
Ormston
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Quick Facts
John E. Aldred, a public utilities magnate, hired Olmsted Brothers to landscape their mansions along the north shore of Long Island. Working with architect Bertram Goodhue, Olmsted designed the grounds for the estate, known as Ormston, from 1912 to 1918. Aldred requested the land to be modeled after an English garden, with one hundred and twelve acres to work with.
Olmsted Brothers’ plan included a covered bathhouse, “two tennis courts…just south of a clump of oak trees”, and a greenway extending from the vicinity of the bathhouse across the field to a point where it enters the woods.” In 1944, the Tudor-style home and grounds were purchased by the Ukrainian Catholic Rite Basilian Fathers Josaphat, and now serves as a monastery.
Source: "J.E. Aldred," Olmsted Online
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Olmsted Brothers’ plan included a covered bathhouse, “two tennis courts…just south of a clump of oak trees”, and a greenway extending from the vicinity of the bathhouse across the field to a point where it enters the woods.” In 1944, the Tudor-style home and grounds were purchased by the Ukrainian Catholic Rite Basilian Fathers Josaphat, and now serves as a monastery.
Source: "J.E. Aldred," Olmsted Online
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr