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, 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: alterations; elevations; floor plans; landscape drawings; planting plans
- Materials: acetate vellum; diazotypes; graphite on paper; hand coloring; ink on paper; photocopies
- 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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