From collection Place List - History Trust
"Designed by William Ralph Emerson and built in 1897, it was for one year the summer home of the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in a bid to improve his failing mental health. Olmsted, then retired and severely affected by senility, was later committed McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, where he died in 1903. The house is a high-quality example of Shingle style architecture; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976" ("Frederick Law Olmsted Summer Home" at Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted_Summer_Home : accessed 27 March 2025). Reported cost of $9,000. Contractor was W.H. Glover & Co.
