Blithewood Garden, Bard College, view looking west from top of stairs

landscape designer: Hoppin, Francis Laurens Vinton

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

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