Last updated: June 11, 2024
Place
Sheep Pasture
Olmsted Archives
Quick Facts
Location:
North Easton, MA
Significance:
Olmsted Designed Estate
MANAGED BY:
The Ames family would commission the Olmsted Firm several times to design for them, from the Oliver Ames Library to the North Easton Town Complex. In 1891, Oliver Ames II hired Frederick Law Olmsted to design his estate. Due to its location on a meadow plateau, Ames named his estate Sheep Pasture, which was dominated with large boulders.
The mansion was approached by a horseshoe-shaped driveway, with densely planted trees to hide the house from the street. Olmsted drew inspiration from his previous work at Waltham’s Stonehurst and chose to decorate the back of the house with a rock-faced terrace. Olmsted’s 1892 planting plan shows an intent to plant over one hundred species of trees and shrubs all around the property, except for the southern lawn, which was intentionally left open.
Source: "Oliver Ames 2d," Olmsted Online
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
The mansion was approached by a horseshoe-shaped driveway, with densely planted trees to hide the house from the street. Olmsted drew inspiration from his previous work at Waltham’s Stonehurst and chose to decorate the back of the house with a rock-faced terrace. Olmsted’s 1892 planting plan shows an intent to plant over one hundred species of trees and shrubs all around the property, except for the southern lawn, which was intentionally left open.
Source: "Oliver Ames 2d," Olmsted Online
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr