Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Landscape commission for John D. Rockefeller, Jr. at an unknown address in Seal Harbor, Mount Desert, ME, 1930–1945. The commission is associated with Beatrix Farrand. This item is part of the Patrick Chassé landscape architecture collection.
The home of John D. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, known as The Eyrie. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden is associated with this location.
About This Item
- Title: Rockefeller residence The Eyrie planting plan for west border of lawn, Seal Harbor, 1930-1945
- Address: unknown, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Client: John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- Building Name: The Eyrie
- Creation Date: 1930–1945
- Subject Date: 1930–1945
- Primary Architects: Beatrix Farrand
- Object Type: Text and Image
- Subtype: landscape drawing
- Media/Genre: elevations; alterations; floor plans; planting plans; landscape drawings
- Materials: ink on paper; graphite on paper; diazotypes; photocopies; acetate vellum; hand coloring
- Local Code: Coll. 4180, OS5-A-3
- Collection: Patrick Chassé landscape architecture collection
- Number of items in commission: 80
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Architecture, Domestic
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959
- Landscape drawings--Maine--Seal Harbor
- Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960--Homes and haunts--Maine--Seal Harbor
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No Permission is required to use the low-resolution watermarked image for educational use, or as allowed by the applicable copyright. For all other uses, permission is required.
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