Object Details
- General
- Persons associated with the property include: Mrs. John Sargent Pillsbury(former owner); Harrie T. Lindeberg (architect); and Edmund J. Phelps (landscape architect).
- Former owner
- Pillsbury, John S., Mrs.
- Creator
- Lake Minnetonka Garden Club
- Architect
- Lindeberg, H. T. (Harrie Thomas), b. 1879
- Landscape architect
- Phelps, Edmund J.
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Place
- Southways (Orono, Minnesota)
- United States of America -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Wayzata
- Topic
- Gardens -- Minnesota -- Wayzata.
- Former owner
- Pillsbury, John S., Mrs.
- Creator
- Lake Minnetonka Garden Club
- Architect
- Lindeberg, H. T. (Harrie Thomas), b. 1879
- Landscape architect
- Phelps, Edmund J.
- See more items in
- The Garden Club of America collection
- The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / Minnesota
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Biographical / Historical
- "Southways" has views of Lake Minnetonka on all sides and extensive tree-shaded lawns. The Norman English house with its Cotswold stone roof was started in 1915 and completed in 1917. The 16th-century well in the entrance court was purchased in Florence from the Strozzi Palace and has the Strozzi family crest engraved on it. On the lakeside is a broad flagstone terrace flanked at each end by square garden plots filled with annuals. On the south side is a sunken allee containing a sundial from Kingston Bridge. The path through low drywalls and wide perennial borders screened by shrubs and tall trees, leads to a secluded circular garden and lily pond.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.GCA, File MN003
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America 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.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Fitch, James M. & F. F. Rockwell. Treasury of American Gardens. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Garden has been featured in Macrae, Marjorie Knight, ed. The Garden Locater of the Garden Club of America. [n.p.]1953. Garden has been featured in The Garden Club of America Sixty-Third Annual Meeting, Wayzata, Minnesota: June 21 through 23, 1976..... [Minneapolis, Minn.: Lake Minnetonka Garden Club, 1976]. Garden has been featured in Bulletin of the Garden Club of America; No. 3 (11th Series) July 1947 p.24. Garden has been featured in Price, Susan Davis. Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History. Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 1995.
- Scope and Contents
- Materials relating to the private garden of Mrs. John Sargent Pillsbury located in Wayzata, Minnesota on Lake Minnetonka. The folder includes articles from journals and worksheet.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643208220039-1643210181347-1
