Last updated: June 7, 2024
Place
Maine State Capitol Grounds
Olmsted Archives
Quick Facts
In 1920, the year Maine celebrated its 100th anniversary of separating from Massachusetts, then Governor Carl Milliken commissioned Olmsted Brothers to prepare plans for improving and uniting the Governor’s Mansion, State House, and Capitol Park. Carl Rust Parker took lead on all three designs, and at the State House, he proposed relatively minor landscape improvements, wanting the natural characteristics of the scenery to dominate.
Parker left the Bulfinch terraces intact, revised the planting plan, relocated drive, and suggested new paths to State Street. Due to limited funding, only parts of his plan were implemented.
Source: "Maine State Capitol Grounds," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
Parker left the Bulfinch terraces intact, revised the planting plan, relocated drive, and suggested new paths to State Street. Due to limited funding, only parts of his plan were implemented.
Source: "Maine State Capitol Grounds," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr