The Olmsted National Historic Site and the growth of historic landscape preservation /David Grayson Allen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Homes and haunts
History.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration
Landscape architecture Conservation and restoration
Landscape protection
Historic preservation
Buildings, structures, etc.

Originator

Allen, David Grayson, 1943-

Contents

pt. I. American Landscape Architecture and the Establishment of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site -- 1. Beginnings of the Olmsted National Historic Site -- 2. Waging the Battle Anew -- pt. II. Early Development of the Olmsted National Historic Site and New Interest in Landscape Preservation -- 3. Early Developments at the Olmsted Site -- 4. Olmsted as a Traditional National Historic Site -- 5. Cultural Landscape Preservation Movement Within the National Park Service -- pt. III. Fulfilling the Potential of the Site -- 6. Transformation of the Olmsted Collection -- 7. Site Changes and Developments -- 8. Preservation of Historic Landscapes -- 9. Olmsted National Historic Site and the National Park Service -- App. A. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 -- App. B. List of Interviewees for the Administrative History of Olmsted National Historic Site.

Publication

Boston : Northeastern University Press ;
Hanover : Published by University Press of New England

Description

x, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.
Received November 29, 2007.

ISBN

9781555536794 (cloth : alk. paper)
1555536794 (cloth : alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks F74.B9 A45 2007

Other People and Orgs

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
United States. National Park Service

Material Type

Case studies.

Places

Massachusetts Brookline.
United States
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Brookline, Mass.)
Brookline (Mass.)