Month: November 2023

Part 3(b) – “Cedarmere,” William Cullen Bryant Residence, Roslyn, Long Island, New York

November 23, 2023

In 1874, Thomas Wisedell began a smaller, private commission in Roslyn, Long Island, NY, to remodel the house of the poet and scholar, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), owner and editor of the New York Evening Post.  Though Bryant was a friend of Frederick Law Olmsted, it may have been through Calvert Vaux that Wisedell was … More Part 3(b) – “Cedarmere,” William Cullen Bryant Residence, Roslyn, Long Island, New York

Part 3(c) – Charles Dana Residence, Dosoris Island, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York

November 13, 2023

In the fall of 1874, as Wisedell was working on the William Bryant House in nearby Roslyn, New York as well as projects with Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in Washington and Buffalo, he began designing alterations and additions to the Charles Dana House on Dosoris Island (near Glen Cove), Long Island.  Charles Anderson … More Part 3(c) – Charles Dana Residence, Dosoris Island, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York

Part 4(f) rewrite – The Fountain, Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C.

November 8, 2023

Since writing about the fountain back in May, new information has come to light which changes the timeline of how the western part of the Capitol grounds had developed.  It was previously thought that the fountain was one of the last architectural features to erected, it is now known that that was actually the first.  … More Part 4(f) rewrite – The Fountain, Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C.