NAUMKEAG
Restoration Plan for the Evergreen Garden & Summer House - MHC Grant Application
The Trustees of Reservations
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Project Data-
Date: 2001
Garden Size: 1 acre
Total Site: 45 acres Context: Berkshire Mountains in western, Mass.
Project Program:
Photographic documentation Site assessment (inventory, analysis and evaluation) of existing conditions
Treatment recommendations of the character-defining landscape features including all underground utilities
Budget projections
2001 Mass. Preservation Projects Fund Recipient from MHC
Project Description:
Naumkeag was the summer home and Country Place Era estate of Joseph Choate and his family. The estate, built on a hillside in the Berkshire Mountains, consists of 45-acres and several distinct garden rooms. One such room, the Evergreen Garden, was originally designed and laid between 1884 and 1894 by the Choate family and Nathan Barrett, who designed the structure of the hillside landscape. Other landscape architects followed Barrett including Percival Gallagher of the Olmsted Brothers firm, Marian Coffin and Fletcher Steele. In 1926, Mr. Steele began his 32-year working relationship with daughter Mabel Choate and the entire property was improved physically and aesthetically. Each designer that followed Mr. Barrett worked within the structure and topographic constraints that he developed. In 1959, The Trustees of Reservations (TTR) acquired Naumkeag, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and an outstanding example of a historic designed landscape. Since 1959, TTR has maintained the main house, outbuildings and grounds. Major portions of the house and pieces of the designed landscape also have been restored. The Evergreen Garden and its Summer House need to be restored. The garden is overgrown, out of scale and lacking several important features. The Summer House needs structural and cosmetic repairs. TTTR hired our consulting team to prepare a grant application to the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) for restoring the Evergreen Garden and Summer House. Our team consisted of Turk, Tracey and Larry Architects (Lead Consultant) and Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc. Both firms specialize in historic preservation in architecture and landscape architecture, respectively. The final product was a grant application that TTR submitted to MHC for funding consideration, which was granted.
Restoration Plan for the Evergreen Garden & Summer House - MHC Grant Application
The Trustees of Reservations
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Project Data-
Date: 2001
Garden Size: 1 acre
Total Site: 45 acres Context: Berkshire Mountains in western, Mass.
Project Program:
Photographic documentation Site assessment (inventory, analysis and evaluation) of existing conditions
Treatment recommendations of the character-defining landscape features including all underground utilities
Budget projections
2001 Mass. Preservation Projects Fund Recipient from MHC
Project Description:
Naumkeag was the summer home and Country Place Era estate of Joseph Choate and his family. The estate, built on a hillside in the Berkshire Mountains, consists of 45-acres and several distinct garden rooms. One such room, the Evergreen Garden, was originally designed and laid between 1884 and 1894 by the Choate family and Nathan Barrett, who designed the structure of the hillside landscape. Other landscape architects followed Barrett including Percival Gallagher of the Olmsted Brothers firm, Marian Coffin and Fletcher Steele. In 1926, Mr. Steele began his 32-year working relationship with daughter Mabel Choate and the entire property was improved physically and aesthetically. Each designer that followed Mr. Barrett worked within the structure and topographic constraints that he developed. In 1959, The Trustees of Reservations (TTR) acquired Naumkeag, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and an outstanding example of a historic designed landscape. Since 1959, TTR has maintained the main house, outbuildings and grounds. Major portions of the house and pieces of the designed landscape also have been restored. The Evergreen Garden and its Summer House need to be restored. The garden is overgrown, out of scale and lacking several important features. The Summer House needs structural and cosmetic repairs. TTTR hired our consulting team to prepare a grant application to the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) for restoring the Evergreen Garden and Summer House. Our team consisted of Turk, Tracey and Larry Architects (Lead Consultant) and Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc. Both firms specialize in historic preservation in architecture and landscape architecture, respectively. The final product was a grant application that TTR submitted to MHC for funding consideration, which was granted.
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