Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings
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Scope and Contents
Approximately 108 drawings document the landscape architecture designs of Evelyn Nowack Poehler, 1947-1977. The bulk of the collection documents her work at the Wethersfield Estate of Chauncey D. Stillman. The collection includes drawings for utilities, gardens, terraces, pools, elevations, and planting plans recorded on blueprints, heavy parchment, acetate, and semi-transparent tissue. There are a few drawings for residences in Boca Grande, FL, Sharon, CT, and Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
The collection includes a few drawings by George Frederick Poehler for their house in Sharon, CT. The drawings include elevations, plot lines, and floor plans.
There are three black and white photogaphs and one color negative of the Wethersfield Estate taken by Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
A detailed list of drawings prepared by Jane Poehler is available from the Archives.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1977
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws, including copyright.
Biographical / Historical
They made their home in Sharon, CT and later Salisbury, CT. She maintained a private practice designing gardens for residences in addition to her work with Stillman. A Beaux Arts architect, he with Harry van Dyke and John Barrington Bayley designed an addition to the Frick Collection in New York City. She died 1999 February 15 and he died 2001 September 28.
Extent
108 architecture drawing(s)
Abstract
TBD
Arrangement
- Organized by project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by her daughter, Jane Poehler.
- Title
- Guide to the Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings1947-1977
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Douglas W. Doe.
- Date
- 2021 February 05
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Dacs)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island School of Design Archives Repository