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ID: 500033177
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Record Type: Corporate Body
Olmsted Brothers (American landscape architectural firm, established 1898)

Note: In 1898, Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.'s firm had become Olmsted Brothers, having successively been called F. L. & J. C. Olmsted (1884-1889), F. L. Olmsted & Company (to include Henry S. Codman); Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot (1893-1897), and F. L. & J. C. Olmsted (for the remainder of 1897), until F. L. Olmsted, Jr., became a full participant. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., the last of the original partners, retired in 1950. Landscape architects for Anderson Park. American landscape architecture firm, 1889-1893.

Names:
Olmsted Brothers (preferred,C,V,display)
Olmsted Bros. (C,V)
The Olmsted Firm (C,V)
Olmsted & Company (V)
F. L. & J. C. Olmsted (H,V)  ....  1884-1889; 1897
Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot (H,V)  ....  1893-1897
F. L. Olmsted & Company (H,V)  ....  1889-1893

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
landscape architects (preferred)
architectural firm
design firm

Gender: not applicable

Start and End Places:
Start:  Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
location:   Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
partner was (firm to person) ....  Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr.  
................................................  (American landscape architect, 1870-1957) [500003659]
partner was (firm to person) ....  Olmsted, John Charles  
................................................  (American landscape architect, 1852-1920) [500001746]
related to ....  Dawson, James Frederick  
..................  (American landscape architect, 1874-1941) [500248144]
related to ....  Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr.  
..................  (American landscape architect, 1822-1903) [500015125]
related to ....  Parker, Carl Rust  
..................  (American landscape architect, 1882-1966) [500248121]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Corporate Bodies
 ........  Olmsted Brothers (I)

Biographies:
(American landscape architectural firm, established 1898) ..... [CCA Preferred]
(American landscape architect, contemporary) ..... [AVERY]
(American landscape architect, contemporary) ..... [AVERY]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
F. L. & J. C. Olmsted ........ [VP]
.......................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
F. L. Olmsted & Company ........ [AVERY Preferred, VP]
............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
............................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
Olmsted Bros. ........ [CCA, VP]
............................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Olmsted Brothers ........ [AVERY, CCA Preferred, VP Preferred]
..................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
Olmsted & Company ........ [AVERY, VP]
..................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ........ [VP]
...............................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
The Olmsted Firm ........ [CCA, VP]
.................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database

Subject: ........ [AVERY, CCA, VP]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Dictionary of American Biography (1928)
....................  L.W. Roper's FLO: a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted 393
....................  LCR; DAB; Encyclopedia of American architects 387
....................  Levee, John Charles Olmsted, American Landscape Architecture (1989) 48-51
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................  Who Was Who in America (1943-)
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA, VP]
.......... Dictionary of American Biography (1928) 27
.......... L.W. Roper's FLO: a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted 393
.......... LCR; DAB; Encyclopedia of American architects 387
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