Princeton University, Princeton NJ #01169
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College & School Campuseslocation
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Olmsted, Olmsted, & Eliott advised on the improvement of Princeton University in 1890. The firm prepared a general plan for the campus, then called College of New Jersey, that focused on the grading of the landscape around existing buildings.
Olmsted, Olmsted, & Eliott advised on the improvement of Princeton University in 1890. The firm prepared a general plan for the campus, then called College of New Jersey, that focused on the grading of the landscape around existing buildings. “The intention is to have long, graceful, easy slopes, nowhere steeper than would be practicable to walk upon, and leaving an ample breadth of nearly level ground all around the building, so that it will appear to have been placed upon a natural plateau. [JC Olmsted to Tyler Pyne_02-06-1891_LOC-OAR-A-im.276]
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| Job fIle (LOC) | LOC_01169(1890-1907)_OAR-B-R58_mss52571.00993 | View |
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Olmsted Archives - digital collection courtesy of NPS Frederick Law Olmsted NHS