Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar

Erin Fogarty, Jules Bruck

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Arcadia Pub (Sc)
29 November 2021

Photography & photographs; History of the Americas; Local history; Caravan & camp-site guides; Places & peoples: pictorial works

Series: Images of America

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Marian Cruger Coffin (1876-1957), one of the first American women to work as a professional landscape architect, may not be a household name; however, with designs at some of America's foremost horticultural institutions, it should be. While Coffin's designs can be seen at locations as varied as Winterthur, New York Botanical Garden, Mount Cuba Center, and the University of Delaware, Gibraltar is perhaps one of her most important commissions. In 1916, Coffin was introduced to the owners of Gibraltar, a country estate home situated high on a roughly six-acre site in Wilmington, Delaware, by her longtime friend Henry Francis duPont. Beginning that year, Coffin transformed the grounds of the early-19th-century estate into a paradise of romantic gardens that seamlessly merged the Beaux-Arts classicism of her Massachusetts Institute of Technology training with the complex flower garden style of Beatrix Farrand, whom she much admired. While the gardens fell into disrepair following the death of their first owner, they were eventually restored and are now open to the public, allowing all who visit to enjoy their beauty.

By: Erin Fogarty, Jules Bruck
Imprint: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781540250711
ISBN 10: 1540250717
Series: Images of America
Pages: 130
Publication Date: 29 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Erin Fogarty, Jules Bruck

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