Object Details
- General
- Located in the Longwood section of Brookline at 121 Carlton Street, Pitman Place was the home of Benjamin Keolaokalani Franklin Pitman and his wife Almira Hollander Pitman. The house was designed by architects Kilham and Hopkins in the Colonial Revival style in the early 1900s. Its gardens featured not only mature trees but also Japanese elements, flower beds, a latticed summer house, and shaded lawns. A porch overlooking the flower beds incorporated climbing and potted plants. The images documenting the property in the Sears Collection were taken by Thomas W. Sears to illustrate an article about the house that appeared in House and Garden magazine in 1912. The two slides (photographs) in the Garden Club of America Collection are apparently copies of lantern slides in the collection of the Loeb Library at the School of Design at Harvard University; the original glass negative source images for those slides are in the Sears Collection.
- Persons and firms associated with the property include Benjamin Keolaokalani Franklin Pitman and Almira Hollander Pitman (former owners) and Kilham and Hopkins (architects, ca. 1900-1910).
- Former owner
- Pitman, Benjamin Keolaokalani Franklin, 1852-1918
- Pitman, Almira Hollander, 1854-1939
- Creator
- Kilham and Hopkins
- Collection Creator
- Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
- Sears & Wendell
- Olmsted Brothers
- Harvard University
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Place
- Pitman Place (Brookline, Massachusetts)
- United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
- Topic
- Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Brookline
- Former owner
- Pitman, Benjamin Keolaokalani Franklin, 1852-1918
- Pitman, Almira Hollander, 1854-1939
- Creator
- Kilham and Hopkins
- See more items in
- Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection
- Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / Massachusetts
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.SRS, File MA175
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph 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 Arthur W. Dean, "A Colonial House and Its Garden," House and Garden (February 1912), pp. 17-20+.
- Scope and Contents
- The folders include worksheets, a photocopy of the House and Garden article, 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562707900944-1562707901876-4
