["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. [graphic]
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
still image
Lantern slides Hand-colored 1910-1920. gmgpc
[1917 July]
eng
Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910. Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John Greatorex, gardener. Associated Name: Harriet Parsons (Mrs. Arthur C.) James. Other: Garden dedicated on August 15, 1913. House and garden on 39 2/3 acres. Today: House was razed in 1967 and the garden acres sold for subdivision.
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Gardens--Rhode Island--Newport--1910-1920.
Reflecting pools--Rhode Island--Newport--1910-1920.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16541
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