Fletcher Steele - Landscape Architect: Plans for Specific Clients

FSPP 1

1

40-14, 64, 97, 100, 102

Atkinson & Charlotte Whitney Allen

6

Hoover Drawings “Allen”: Swimming Pool Shelter, Garden Table

FSPP 1

2

40 d. 108, 115 (3)

Atkinson & Charlotte Whitney Allen

4

Hoover Drawings “Allen”:  Swimming pool shelter (2)

FSPP 1

3

386-2

Mrs. Hobart Ames

1

Hoover Drawings “Ames”: Garden Plan

FSPP 1

4

341-2, 9, 18, 26, 29, 29A

Standish Backus (Manchester)

6

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: West side of Terrace, Terrace Level, West Wall of Terrace

FSPP 1

5

341-37 (3), 52, sketch

Standish Backus (Manchester)

5

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Wilde Garden Wall, Corner of Overlook

FSPP 1

6

346 Through 300’s

Standish Backus DET

5

Blueprint “Herb” gardens planting plans

FSPP 1

7

346 d50

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

7

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Wall forecourt and service court, north wall of forecourt, forecourt balustrade, entry at lake shore rd., east terrace

FSPP 1

8

346 d51 to 100

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

9

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: East Terrace, Terrace (2), Summer house (2), Terrace Pattern, Terrace Paving

FSPP 1

9

346 d51 to 100

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

5

Hoover Drawings “Backus”:  Fountain Wall, Summer House, Lets at Entry, Sundried, Oak Wall

FSPP 1

10

346 d101 to 150

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

5

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Stone Seat, Entry

FSPP 1

11

346 d151 to 200

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

6

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Plan Abbey Vault, South Lawn, Gate End, Area Around Maple, Outdoor Room

FSPP 1

12

346 d151 to 200

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

9

Hoover Drawings “ Backus” : South Lawn Studios, Square Page addition, south lawn (4), abbey vault, study of south garden, elevator of outdoor room (2)

FSPP 1

13

346 d151 to 200

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

10

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: End of Balustrade (2), End of Fountain Wall, Junction of Balustrade and Fountain Wall, Post of Junction of Balustrade and Fountain wall, end of fountain wall, pulpit, water source for fountain wall (2), sundial, bumper post

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers
 

FSPP 2

14

346 d201 to 250

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

10

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Garden wall, east lawn retaining wall, post in wild garden wall (3), pose at end of wild garden wall, study of fountain wall, detail of theater wall, entrance to pump room, pulpit

FSPP 2

15

346 d251 to 300

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

7

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Study for revisions of servants room, study of herb garden, stage to theater wing, parapet wall in theater, weathervane, fountain head

FSPP 2

16

346 d301 to 350

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

6

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: study of steps back row, cascade pool, cascade (2), fountain

FSPP 2

17

346 d301 to 350

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Farms

6

Hoover Drawings “Backus” : Lattice, Base Ct posts and rail, study of arbor, study of lattice, study of iron post in theater

FSPP 2

18

346 d. 351-400

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Shores

6

Hoover Drawings “Backus” : stage backdrop, study of backdrop, study of stage backdrop, study of stage backdrop and screens, study of the stage, summer house

FSPP 2

19

346 d. 351-400

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Shores

4

Hoover Drawings “Backus” Fountain Shell, study of end of arbor (2),  Post Box

FSPP 2

20

346 sketches unnumbered

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Shores

8

Hoover Drawings “Backus”: Pond balustrade, study of parapet in theater, study of amphitheater balustrade, service Ct. wall, study of cascade, cascade niche, stage backdrop, Record of development of model- cascade niche

FSPP 2

21

346 d. Miscell or unnumbered Canton G, C

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Shores

4

Hoover drawings “Backus”: Zodiac sign (2), terrace plan untitled, paving plan

FSPP 2

22

346 d Cantons/Site Plans

Standish Backus/ Grosse Pointe Shores

7

*See same number in flat file//oversize drawers

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 3

23

357 d #s 8, 10, 11, 20A, 25

John W. Bartol/Milton, MA

5

FSPP 3

24

180 d16

W. T. Barbour, Esq./ Bloomfield Hills, MI

1

FSPP 3

25

582 d14

Philip Barney/ Farmington, CT

1

FSPP 3

26

353 d4, 16, 7, 11, 12a, 13, 14

Robert P. Bass, Esq./ Peterborough, NH

7

FSPP 3

27

454 d1

Mrs. Roy E. Bates

1

FSPP 3

28

100 d5

Samuel Bennett, Esq./ Milton, MA

1

FSPP 3

29

576 2

H. Blake Bent/ Farmington, CT

1

FSPP 3

30

390 d# 6, 25B, 15, 14, 13

Raymond Bantley/ Brighton, NY

5

FSPP 3

31

390 d.# 9, 11, 12, 17, 19, 25A

Raymond Bentley/ Brighton, NY

6

FSPP 3

32

349 5A(2), 7, 8

Lawrence D. Buhl/ Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

4

FSPP 3

33

552 d. 4 (2)

John M. Bullard/ Nonquitt MA

3

FSPP 3

34

301 – (2), 18, 34, 62, 54

Camden Library/ Camden, ME

6

FSPP 3

35

301 d. 66, 66a, 69, 75, 111, 128

Camden Library (Theater)/Camden, ME

7

FSPP 3

36

301 d. 131A, 133A, 147, 148, 149, 146 (2)

Camden Library (Theater)/ Camden, ME

7

FSPP 3

37

372 d.2

Camden Park/ Camden, ME

1

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Number

FSPP 4

38

394 d. 3 (4), 18 (2), 36, 13

Richard Cameron/ Concord, MA

8

FSPP 4

39

317 d.8

Henry de la B. Carpenter/ Somerville, NJ

1

FSPP 4

40

563 d.1

John Case/ Morristown, NJ

1

FSPP 4

41

251 d 8, 24, 32, 34 (study), 34 (detail), 37 (2)

Miss Mabel Choate / “Naumkeag” Stockbridge, MA

7

FSPP 4

42

251 d 69a, 70a, 76, 79a, 83, 86, 91a, 96a

Miss Mabel Choate/ “Naumkeag” Stockbridge, MA

7

FSPP 4

43A

251

General Plans of Cantons

4

* 4X5 negative Box 1 of 2 “Clients”

FSPP 4

43B

251 d. 186, 187, 188, 189

Miss Mabel Choate/ “Naumkeag” Stockbridge, MA

5

FSPP 4

44

251 d. 251 – (2), 109, 114, 125, 137, 167A

Miss Mabel Choate/ “Naumkeag” Stockbridge, MA

6

FSPP 4

45

251 d. Area T(3), 115, 127, 136, 156

Miss Mabel Choate/ “Naumkeag”

7

FSPP 4

46

460 d 1, 8

Choate Cemetery/ Stockbridge, MA

4

FSPP 4

47

431 d. 2(2)

Christ Church Parish House/ Cambridge, MA

2

FSPP 4

48

438 d. 2, 3, 11

Frederick C. Church/ Beverly Farms, MA

3

FSPP 4

49

209 d. 52a, 88a, 209 (2)

Charles P. Clifford/ Milton, MA

4

FSPP 4

50

575 d. 7

CC Costello/ Lowell, MA

1

FSPP 4

51

559 d. 5

Frances A. Crane/ Woods Hole, MA

1

FSPP 4

52

383 d. 2

Bruce Crane, Esq./ Dalton, MA

1

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 5

53

412 d. 2(3), 4, 5, 12, 14

Allen Cunningham/ Sherburn, MA

7

Hoover Drawings “Alan Cunningham”: Detail of Gate, Detail of Fence (2) + Office Studies

FSPP 5

54

464 d. 1

John H. Cunningham/ Brookline, MA

1

FSPP 5

55

396 d.11

Edward P Curtis/ Rochester, NY

1

FSPP 5

56

381 d(NN)

Frederick L. Dabney, Esq./ Dover, MA

1

Hoover Drawing “Dabney” Lamp Standard

FSPP 5

57

171 D. 61 (3)

George B. Dabney/ Medfield, MA

3

FSPP 5

58

387 d. 2, 6, 6A, 9

Adrian G. Devine/ Brighton, NY

4

FSPP 5

59

344 d. 22(2), 5(2), 29 (3), 89, (nn)

George Doubleday, Esq./ Ridgefield, CT

9

Hoover Drawings “Doubleday”: wine terrace, patio (3), greenhouse (2), ballroom fountains

FSPP 5

60

405 d. 1(2), 2

John M. Elliot/ Needham, MA

3

FSPP 5

61

212 d. 28(2), 28A, 28B, 28C

John S. Ellsworth/ Simsbury, CT

5

Hoover Drawings “Ellsworth”: courtyard group (2), courtyard development, Barn alcove, woodshed

FSPP 5

62

465 d.5

John E. Ellsworth/ Simsbury, CT

1

FSPP 5

63

426 d.3

Susan S. Ellsworth/ West Hartford, CT

1

“in Steele’s own hand”

FSPP 5

64

49 d. 29(2), 30, 33, 34, 42, 43(2)

Helen Ellwanger/ Rochester, NY

7

Hoover Drawings “Ellwanger”: bird house, service entry (2), Iron Frame, Forecourt well (3) + Office studies

FSPP 5

65

49 d. 31, (nn), 51, 52, 54, 55

Helen Ellwanger/ Rochester, NY

6

Hoover Drawings “Ellwanger”: lattice in glass room, rose garden construction, sundeck study (2), urn

FSPP 5

66

530 d. 10, (nn)

Lady Davis St./ Andrews NB

2

FSPP 5

67

333 d. 30(4), 31(2)

Porter Farrell Esq./ Westport, CT

6

FSPP 5

68

333 d. 21a, 50, 51, 41, 44, (nn)

Porter Farrell Esq./ Westport, CT

6

Hoover Drawings “Farrell”: Elevator north, market cross, N/S wall of forecourt

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 6

Book, “Garden Notes”

222 through 235

Garden Notes, Mr. Thomas S Wallis Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

Approx. 57 page

Contains within items such as plans already categorized, but also lawn treatment schedules and details, sketches.

FSPP 6

69

216 d. (nn)

Peter G. Gerry/ Lake Delaware, NY

1

FSPP 6

70

363 d. (nn), (nn)

Sen. Peter G. Gerry/ Providence, RI

2

FSPP 6

71

242 d. 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 67, 26B

Edith Vanderbilt Gerry/ Biltmore, NC

7

FSPP 6

72

242 d. 1, 15b, 17a, 17b, 18, 19b

Edith Vanderbilt Gerry/ Biltmore, NC

8

FSPP 6

73

420 d. 2

James J. Gilbert/ Gloucester, MA

1

FSPP 6

74

621 d. 18

Helen C. Gilbert/ Milton, MA

1

Note: “house Beautiful, March 1929- “New Styles in Gardening- Will landscape architecture reflect the modernistic tendencies seen in the other arts?”

FSPP 6

75

222 d. 127, 287, 335 (3), 498, 499

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House / Lake Delaware NY

7

FSPP 6

76

222 d. 349, 349a, 349b, 449, 452, 482, 489

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

7

FSPP 6

77

222 d. 173, 252, 319, 319a, 421, 488, (nn)

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

8

FSPP 6

78

222 d. 234, 296, 460A, 486, 490

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

5

FSPP 6

79

222 d. 259, 261, 295, 297, 298, 412 (2)

Angelica L. Gerry  Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

7

FSPP 6

80

222 d. 311, 321A, 314B, 275, 454, (nn)

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

6

FSPP 6

81

222 d. 314A, 341, 344, 391, 428, 351A

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

7

FSPP 6

82

222 d. 290B, 328, 332A (2), 340, 340A, 468

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

7

FSPP 6

83

222 d. 106, 280, 281, 322A, 327, 337, 339, 342, 462

Angelica L. Gerry Ancrum House/ Lake Delaware, NY

8

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 7

Unnumbered FSCOB

Client order books record

1991 + 1994

Materials/Collections guide within

FSPP 7

85

351 d. 4

Paul Hammond/ Syosset, LI, NY

1

FSPP 7

86

152 d. 1, 3 (3), 5, 15, 18

John W. Higgins/ Worcester, MA

7

FSPP 7

87

505 d. 5

Mrs. John W. Higgins/ Rural Cemetery Lot

1

FSPP 7

88

432 d. 3, 5, 7

Mrs. George Hill/ South Orleans, MA

3

FSPP 7

89

397 d. 2, 4, 10

Mrs. Rudolph H. Hofheinz/ Rochester, NY

3

FSPP 7

90

348 d. 2

Miss Alberta Houghton/ Marlborough NH

1

FSPP 7

91

273 d. 1, 3

George H. Ingalls/ Hot Springs, VA

2

FSPP 7

92

410 d. 5, 16

Miss M. Louise Kelly/ Rochester, NY

2

FSPP 7

93

395 d. 4, 6, 14, 15, 16

Mrs. William K. Kenly/ Manchester-by-the-sea, MA

4

FSPP 7

94

395 D. 6, 11, 21, 22, 28 “Area K”

Mrs. William K. Kenly/ Manchester-by-the-sea, MA

5

FSPP 7

95

395 d. 27, 31, 33, 60,

Mrs. William K. Kenly/ Manchester, MA

5

Also within: ‘1937 fertilizer plan’

FSPP 7

96

Ladies Home Journal [nn, nd]

2

2 drawings

FSPP 7

97

423 d. 14, 15

Campbell-Whittlesey House Landmark Society/ Rochester, NY

2

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Number

FSPP 8

98

389 d. 3 

Austin T. Levy, Esq./ Harrisville, RI

1

FSPP 8

99

360 d. 5 (2), 7, (nn)

Arthur B. Lisle/ E. Greenwich, RI

4

FSPP 8

100

323 d. 6

George A. Lyon, Esq./ Brookline, MA

1

FSPP 8

101

413 d. 1

Mrs. George P. Mclean/ Simsbury CT

1

FSPP 8

102

Suburban House Lot nn/nn

Suburban House Lot nn/nn

1

Provenance and drawing notation guide within

FSPP 8

103

321 d. 49A

Claude Branch/ Seekonk MA

1

FSPP 8

104

122 d.4

Howard Chapman, Esq./ Stamford Ct

1

FSPP 8

105

163 d. 4

Mrs. David S. Cowles, Sr. / Rye, NY

1

FSPP 8

106

55 d. 2

S.G. Etherington, Esq. The Knoll/ Biddeford, ME

1

FSPP 8

107

104 d. 5

Garden Club of America Bookplate

1

FSPP 8

108

105 d. 8

Charles W. Kellog, Esq./ Boston, MA

1

FSPP 8

109

347 d. (nn)

Mrs. J. Henry Lancashire/ Manchester, MA

1

FSPP 8

110

391 d. 1

W. Brewster Lee, Esq./ Rochester, NY

1

FSPP 8

111

307 d. 4

Dr. Signey A. Lord/ Concord MA

1

FSPP 8

112

126 d. 72

Miss J. A. Maxwell/ Rockville, CT

1

FSPP 8

113

50 d. 4c

Thomas Motley, Jr./ Nahant MA

1

FSPP 8

114

256 d. 130, 146, 147, (nn)

The Stockbridge Mission House (Miss Mabel Choate)/ Stockbridge, MA

5

FSPP 8

115

83 d. 3, 26, 31

Dr. William Jason Mixter/ Brookline, MA

3

FSPP 8

116

151 d. 26, 35, 40A, 42, 43

Miss Sophie Moen/ Woods Hole, MA

5

All oversized and folded to fit

FSPP 8

117

401 d. 3, 4, 6A, 6B,

Mrs. Randal Morgan/ Chestnut Hill, PA

4

FSPP 8

118

401 d. 7, 8, 9 (2), 11

Mrs. Randal Morgan/ Chestnut Hill, PA

5

FSPP 8

119

356 d.26

Nubanusit Park/ Peterborough NH

1

FSPP 8

120

60 d. 255-43-60 , 60, 251-37-60

Office

3

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 9

121

376 d. 2

Mrs. A. H. Parker/ Dover MA

1

FSPP 9

122

375 d. 6, 31(3), 33(2)

Mrs. Frederick T. Pierson/ Pittsford, NY

6

FSPP 9

124

523 d. 7

Mrs. Matthias Plum/ Chatham, MA

1

FSPP 9

125

435 d. 18, 25, 26 (2), 32, 33

Mrs. Charles L. Riker/ Dublin, NH

6

FSPP 9

126

435 d. 2(2), 13, 16(2), 16(2)

Mrs. Charles L. Riker/ Dublin, NH

6

FSPP 9

127

512 d. (nn)

Mrs. W. H. Robinson/ Gloucester, MA

1

FSPP 9

128

437 d. 9, 14, 18, 21,  23

Charles B. Rockwell, Jr./Bristol, RI

5

FSPP 9

129

336 d. 2(2), 11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 15

Charles B. Rockwell, Jr./ Bristol RI

7

FSPP 9

130

492 d. 5, 6

Miss Mary L. Ronald/ Old Lyme, CT

2

FSPP 9

131

525 d. 1

Mrs. Mary L. Ronald/ Newport, RI

1

FSPP 9

132

373 d. 4, 5, 9, 10

St. Francis House/ Cambridge, MA

4

FSPP 9

133

255 d. 54, 55, 57, 59

Mrs. William H. Schofield/ Peterborough, NH

4

FSPP 9

134

329 d. 17 (4), 19, 20A

Mrs. William H. Schofield/ Dorval Quebec

6

FSPP 9

135

422 d. 10

Gilliat G. Schroeder/ Wawa, PA

1

FSPP 9

136

345 d. 19 (2), 24, 25

Wesson Seyburn/ Manchester MA

4

FSPP 9

137

345 d. 21A (3), 22A

Wesson Seyburn, Manchester, MA

4

FSPP 9

138

264 d. 2

Sisters of St. Anne/ Cambridge, MA

1

FSPP 9

139

342 d. 5, 11, 11a, 12, 26

Allan Sheldon, Esq./ Manchester, MA

5

FSPP 9

140

103 d. 81, 84, 87, 88, 92

Samuel Sloan, Esq./ Garrison, NY

13

Box #

Client # &

Drawing Numbers

FSPP 10

FS 8X10p

530

Lady Davis/ New Brunswick Canada

4

Photographs 54, 55, 56

FSPP 10

141

308 d. 5, 6, 15

James Smithwick, Esq./ E. Gloucester, MA

3

Hoover Drawings “Smithwick”: detail of entry, detail of gates, Office Studies

FSPP 10

142

298 d. 12, 24, 32

R. P. Snelling, Esq./ Beverly Farms, MA

3

Hoover Drawings “Snelling”: Garden plan, sea walk, wall panel, Office Studies

FSPP 10

143

178 d. 55, 118, 124, (nn)

Philip L. Spalding/ Milton, MA

4

FSPP 10

144

30 d. 59, 68, 73A, 77

Edwin Allen Stebbins/ Rochester, NY

4

FSPP 10

145

30 d. 79, 85, 86, nn

Edwin Allen Stebbins/ Rochester, NY

4

Hoover Drawings “Stebbins”: Fountain in Rose Garden, Detail of Dinial (2), Corner plans

FSPP 10

146

425 d. 2(2)

E.A. Stebbins, Esq./ Webster, NY

2

FSPP 10

147

408 d. 12, 29, 29A, 38, 39

Harry G. Stoddard, “Bass Rocks”/ Gloucester, MA

4

FSPP 10

148

408 d. 25 (3), 25A

Harry G. Stoddard/ Gloucester, MA

4

Hoover Drawings “Stoddard”: Entrance (4), office studies

FSPP 10

149

408 d. 6, 46, 48, 60

Harry G. Stoddard/ Gloucester, MA

7

See also “oversize”

FSPP 10

150

468 d. 1, 2, 3

Homer Strong/ Rochester, NY

3

FSPP 10

151

379 d. 3D, 10, 11, 16A, 18

Mrs. Emily, B. Swindells/ Rockville, CT

4

Hoover Drawings “Swindells”: Elevations of house, Garden plan, Fountain & Canal, Study of Lattice

FSPP 10

152

379 d. 21, 27, 31 (2)

Mrs. Emily B. Swindells/ Rockville, CT

4

FSPP 10

153

409 d. 10

Joseph F. Taylor

1

“Laundry Yard Windows”

FSPP 10

154

471 d. 1, 2(2), 5

David I. Walsh, St. John’s Cemetery/ Clinton, MA

4

FSPP 10

155

419 d. 3

The Warner House/ Portsmouth, NH

1

FSPP 10

156

569 d. (nn)

Mrs. James Sibley Watson/ Rochester, NY

1

FSPP 10

157

382 d. 2A, 4, 5

Mrs. Samuel A. Welldon/ Hamilton, MA

3

Hoover Drawings “Welldon”: terrace study (3)

FSPP 10

158

249 d. 7

Berkley Wheeler, Esq./ Concord, MA

1

FSPP 10

159

86 d. 4

Andrew Wheeler, Esq./ Ardmore, PA

1

Also in FSPP 8 folders 86 & 87

FSPP 10

160

104 d. 3 (2)

The Garden Club of America Bookplate

2

Bookplate design