Object Details
- General
- In 1919 Ellen Shipman was commissioned by Windsor T. White to design the gardens for Halfred Farms in Chagrin Falls, a small village outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The project continued into the early 1920's, during which time Shipman developed a close relationship with Mr. and Mrs. White and lead to further commissions from their relatives and friends, as well as a generous grant to her scholarship fund at Lowethorpe School of Landscape Architecture. Shipman's firm created planting and construction plans for the grounds, gardens, and additional architecture. Warren H. Manning oversaw the general layout of the plans for the grounds and gardens, and Bly Myers oversaw the planting. Halfred Farms had been the home to a thriving apple business, and included several orchards, farm buildings, and a farmhouse built in the 1860's, as well as a guest house built by Bryant Flemming for the Whites. Taking all of this into account, Shipman's design nestled ornamental garden areas close to the house and complex of farm buildings. Next to the house were terraces with a lawn space, formal garden, flower garden, and a walled, iris garden with an oval pool at the center reached by flagstone steps. Among the architectural features supplied were a stone bridge (destroyed in 1994), ornamental gate, walls, fences, seating, water features, and bathing pavilion. Additional designs for the grounds included plantings around buildings, new entrance road, driveway, and a winding road leading to the apple orchard and meadows. Typical of Shipman's style, lush, naturalistic border plantings throughout the gardens and grounds created a seamless transition with the surrounding landscape. Surviving features of Shipman's design for Halfred Farms include Chinese Chippendale architecture, fences, gates, the pool house, and some of the original trees and shrubs. Persons Associated: Windor T. White (former owners); Clara M. Rankin (owner); Ellen Biddle Shipman (landscape architect); Warren H. Manning (landscape architect); Geoffrey Platt (architect); Bryant Fleming (architect).
- Owner
- White, Windsor T.
- Landscape architect
- Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
- Gardener
- Myers, Bly
- Architect
- Fleming, Bryant
- Landscape architect
- Manning, Warren H.
- Collection Landscape architect
- Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
- Place
- United States of America -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Chagrin Falls
- Halfred Farms (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
- Topic
- Gardens -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls
- Owner
- White, Windsor T.
- Landscape architect
- Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
- Gardener
- Myers, Bly
- Architect
- Fleming, Bryant
- Landscape architect
- Manning, Warren H.
- See more items in
- Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection
- Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection / Gardens / Ohio
- Sponsor
- Cataloging of the Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection was made possible with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
- Extent
- 3 Glass plate negatives
- 1 Autochromes (photographs)
- Date
- circa 1919-1950
- Container
- Box 2
- Box 3
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.SHP, File OH060
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives
- Slides
- Glass plate negatives
- Autochromes (photographs)
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Ellen Shipman garden photography 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 Country Estates of Cleveland, 1903, page 103. Garden has been featured in Gardens of America. Garden Club of America, 1935, page 34. Garden has been featured in Our Valleys . . . Our Villages. page 51. Garden has been featured in Your Garden and Home. October, 1934, cover. Garden has been featured in Wright, Richardson. House and Garden's 2nd Book of Gardens, 1927, page 130. Garden has been featured in Landscape Architecture; October 1938, page 41. Garden has been featured in Landscape Architecture; January 1948, page 87. Garden has been featured in Judith B. Tankard, The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman (Sagaponeck, NY: Sagapress, Inc., 1996), p. 87-91. Garden has been featured in Judith B. Tankard, Ellen Shipman and The American Garden (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2018), p. 118-123, 131, 135, 12-13.
- Other Finding Aids
- The Garden Club of America collection, circa 1920-[on-going].
- 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-1633715325312-1633715325362-1
