Object Details
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- General
- Hickory Hill was once an addition to Shirley-on-the-James. The house and garden were begun in 1820, when William Fanning Wickham and his wife, Anne Carter, moved on the estate. The grounds and garden were laid out on broad and long lines with avenues lined with cedar and box. The garden is a rectangular plot 355 feet by 440 feet. (Christian and Massie, 1962) A central focal point is a "box-walk" of Sempervirens boxwood. The gardens were damaged during the Civil War when armies swept over the property, but subsequent attempts were made at restoration.
- Persons associated with the property include: William Carter Wickham (former owner); Captain Williams Carter Wickham (former owner); and Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Wickham (former owners).
- Former owner
- Wickham, Henry T., Mrs., 1861-1952
- Landscape architect
- Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
- Collection Creator
- Hollerith family
- Collection Photographer
- Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
- Collection Creator
- Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
- Collection Photographer
- Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
- Hollerith, Virginia
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Georgetown Garden Club
- Place
- Hickory Hill (Charles City, Virginia)
- United States of America -- Virginia -- Charles City County -- Charles City
- Topic
- Gardens -- Virginia -- Charles City
- Former owner
- Wickham, Henry T., Mrs., 1861-1952
- Landscape architect
- Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
- See more items in
- Hollerith Family slide collection
- Hollerith Family slide collection / Gardens and Sites / Virginia
- 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.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.HOL, File VA005
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Hollerith Family Slide 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: [email protected].
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Edith Tunis Sale, ed., Historic Gardens of Virginia (Richmond, Virginia: The William Byrd Press, INC., 1930), pp. 65-70. Garden has been featured in Frances Archer Christian and Susanne Williams Massie, eds., Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia (Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1962), pp. 197-198. Garden has been featured in Alice B. Lockwood, ed., Gardens of Colony and State (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934), pp. 78.
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Original image of VA005004 is located in Arthur Shurcliff Collection, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
- Scope and Contents
- Folders include work sheets and copies of articles.
- 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: [email protected].
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- Record ID
- ebl-1521747716617-1521747716752-2