Blithewood Garden, Bard College, view, looking west, of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River

landscape architect: Hoppin, Francis Laurens Vinton

balustrades; boundary walls; walled gardens; Romantic (modern European styles ); Picturesque, the; cultural landscapes; historic landscapes; landscape architecture; ornamental horticulture

Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess, New York, United States; Hudson River, United States; Catskill Mountains, Greene, New York, United States

commissioned by: Zabriskie, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian), 1853-1916

Bard College (American educational institution, founded 1860); architectural firm: Hoppin & Koen

Located on the grounds of Bard College, Blithewood is a walled Italianate garden. The garden and adjacent mansion were designed by Francis L. V. Hoppin, of the architectural firm Hoppin & Koen for Captain Andrew C. Zabriskie and his wife, Frances Hunter Zabriskie (d. 1951), The Zabriskies’ son, Christian, donated the Blithewood estate to Bard College.

Italianate (North American architecture styles)

Bard College

2017

photographer: Sekula, Suki (American , 1997 CE-)

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