Barrington -- Cushman Garden

Object Details

General: This site was the summer home of Elton Gray Cushman and his wife Emily Frances Jenks Cushman. It was located along the coast and its high front porch took advantage of water views. It is not clear whether the 16 images in the album document completed Sears design and installation work or simply site characteristics recorded prior to any work being done. Some of the images depict adjacent properties. Although the Cushman house, which was on Bay Road in Barrington is no longer there, one of the other houses appearing in the photographs has survived.; Persons associated with the site include Thomas W. Sears (landscape architect and photographer, circa 1910-1914) and Elton Gray Cushman and Emily Frances Jenks Cushman (former owners, circa 1910-1914).

Landscape architect: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
Photographer: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
Former owner: Cushman, Elton Gray; Cushman, Emily Frances Jenks
Collection Creator: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966; Sears & Wendell; Olmsted Brothers; Harvard University; American Society of Landscape Architects

Place: Cushman Garden (Barrington, Rhode Island); United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Bristol County -- Barrington

See more items in: Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection; Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / Rhode Island

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

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Scope and Contents: The file includes 1 photograph album and a folder with information about Emily. Cushman.

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