Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape …

Olmsted County is pleased to share that the department previously known as Olmsted County Parks is now officially Olmsted County Parks and Trails. The City of Rochester and Olmsted …

Apr 22, 2025 · Frederick Law Olmsted (born April 26, 1822, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died August 28, 1903, Waverly, Massachusetts) was an American landscape architect who …

Frederick Law Olmsted came to the profession of landscape architecture late in his career. For thirty years after 1837 he served as an administrator-first of New York's Central Park, then of …

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Regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) is best known for designing the grounds of New York City's Central Park, the …

Learn more about the firm that shaped America's landscape. OlmstedOnline.org provides an accessible, digital platform to showcase the Olmsted legacy of designed landscapes.

Olmsted’s best and most representative letters and papers are printed here for the first time and contain accurate and shrewd observations of nineteenth-century American life from one who …

Frederick Law Olmsted has long been recognized as one of America's greatest Landscape Architects, with a legacy of beloved parks and outdoor spaces across the nation.

The landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, and later of his sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (known as the Olmsted Brothers), produced designs …