Last updated: June 18, 2024
Place
Wrentham
Olmsted Archives
Quick Facts
Location:
Newport, RI
Significance:
Olmsted Designed Estate
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
William Dorsheimer and Frederick Law Olmsted had a close relationship as the two worked to preserve Niagara Falls and provide Buffalo, New York with a linear park system, however in 1885 Dorsheimer asked Olmsted to draw plans for his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. Dorsheimer's untimely death would delay plans for the estate, until it was purchased by Joseph Busk.
Working with architect Richard Morris Hunt, Olmsted landscapes the grounds around the Queen-Anne style estate, known as Wrentham. An 1892 preliminary plan shows a horseshoe driveway at the end of a long, winding approach road surrounded by evergreen shrubs. The approach road followed the steep grade of the property, which separated the hose and road by fifty feet.
Source: "J.R. Busk," Olmsted Online
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
Working with architect Richard Morris Hunt, Olmsted landscapes the grounds around the Queen-Anne style estate, known as Wrentham. An 1892 preliminary plan shows a horseshoe driveway at the end of a long, winding approach road surrounded by evergreen shrubs. The approach road followed the steep grade of the property, which separated the hose and road by fifty feet.
Source: "J.R. Busk," Olmsted Online
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr