Summit -- Beacon Hill (NJ)
Object Details
- General
- Located on the site of a Revolutionary War landmark twenty miles west of New York City, Beacon Hill's nine acres of landscaped gardens and woodlands surround a 27-room Tudor mansion, built in 1910 by Carroll P. Bassett and Margaret K. Bassett. Mrs. Bassett also founded the Summit Garden Club in April, 1916. Stone masonry walls surround the estate, filled with stately oaks, beech and elms with smaller ash, linden, birch and pines, together with innumerable evergreens and shrubs, effectively screen the residence while the profuse plants of shrubs and flowers provide a colorful background year-round. Rumor has it that Mrs. Bassett had planted at least one each of every tree native to New Jersey.
- Persons associated with the garden include Mr. Carroll Phillips and Mrs. Margaret Kinney Bassett (former owners, 1910-1955); Ruth Hutchinson (Landscape Architect); and Takeo Shiota (Landscape Architect).
- Former owner
- Bassett, Carroll P.
- Bassett, Caroll P., Mrs.
- Landscape architect
- Hutchinson, Ruth
- Shiota, Takeo
- Provenance
- The Summit Garden Club
- Collection Compiler
- Weller, Eleanor
- Place
- Beacon Hill (Summit, New Jersey)
- United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
- Topic
- Gardens -- New Jersey -- Summit
- Former owner
- Bassett, Carroll P.
- Bassett, Caroll P., Mrs.
- Landscape architect
- Hutchinson, Ruth
- Shiota, Takeo
- Provenance
- The Summit Garden Club
- See more items in
- Eleanor Weller collection
- Eleanor Weller collection / Garden Images / United States / New Jersey
- Container
- Box 36
- Custodial History
- The Summit Garden Club donated lantern slides in 2015.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.ECW, File NJ043
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Eleanor Weller Reade collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, maps and other information.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Related Materials
- Beacon Hill (NJ) related holdings consist of 3 folders (9 35 mm slides (photographs); 11 lantern slides)
- See others in
- Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].
- Record ID
- ebl-1530043205252-1530043205304-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0