["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. (LOC)
Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.
["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. Blue Garden, view to pergola]
[1917 July]
1 photograph : glass lantern slide, hand-colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes:
Site History. House Architecture: Howells & Stokes, 1910.
Landscape: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Henry Hill Blossom, Olmsted
Brothers, 1908-1913, 1915-1916; Hempsted of Boston, contractors; John
Greatorex, gardener. Associated Name: Harriet Parsons (Mrs. Arthur C.)
James. Other: Garden dedicated on August 15, 1913. House and garden on
39 2/3 acres. Today: House was razed in 1967 and the garden acres sold
for subdivision.
On lantern slide mount: handwritten note "J." Also, gold
star sticker.
Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011.
Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances
Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16757
Call Number: LC-J717-X108- 30
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