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APPENDIX 4 CHRONOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE ACTIVITIES, 1895-PRESENT Note: This chronology is offered as a helpful reference to the various changes made to the landscape from 1895-present. Due to incomplete documentation of many landscape features, it is not to be understood as a comprehensive or definitive record of all landscape changes occurring during that time. 1895 Construction of the Pavilion 1896 MM&W design a new mansion for the Vanderbilts 1896 Cleaning muck from pond. 1896 Purchase of 21,125 lbs of Peat Moss [account books] 1897 Construction of Carriage Barn 1897 Purchase of builder's level 1897 Construction of White Bridge 1897 Construction of Cobblestone Bridge 1897 Construction of Cobblestone Power House 1897 Reworking of formal garden stairs 1897 White authorized to spend $5,000 on external objects for grounds and porticos [Nina Gray research] 1898 Construction of perimeter stone wall-semicircular entrance gates 1898 Sale of old gate lodge to a "Mr. Finch" 1898 Total of 773 wagon loads of gravel added to roadways 1898 Construction of river road 1899 New mansion is completed 1899 Purchase of 474 tons of manure 1902 Big plant order -Thomas Meehan & Sons 1902-1903 "Italian Garden" by James L. Greenleaf, landscape architect 1905 Reassembled the Sexton Tract - demolition of Sexton Buildings 1906 Rough Point in Newport is sold 1906 Construction of "Subway" 1906-1937 Screen Tree Planting on Albany Post Road 1907 Large purchase of specimen trees (46) for Park from "Sunnyfield" Nursery 1908 Purchase of rustic garden seats, the "Beverly" and an "Old English Curved Seat" 1909 Perimeter stone wall rebuilt on Albany Post Road when road is reconfigured. 1910-1914 Vanderbilt was spending from $600-1,400 per month on the "Park" 1910 Carriage barn converted to "garage" 1910 Garden Plan prepared for F. W. Vanderbilt (eastern loggia garden) - Meehan and Sons 1910 Construction of the tennis court [account books] 1910-1911 (circa) Realignment of drive to create Great Circle- a neoclassical/Beaux-Arts detail 1911 Paid for marble base for Italian garden statue [account books] 1911 Plan for Proposed Walks, Estate of FWV - Meehan & Sons 1915 Tree moving company at work on property 1916 Detail Arrangement of Gardens - Cridland 1922 Plan for remodeling pergola - Cridland 325
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Vanderbilt Mansion, 1898. Wurts Bro
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LIST OF DIAGRAMS 1. The Management
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PREFACE When the Vanderbilt Mansion
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARC
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archival material at Shelburne Farm
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LIST OF REPOSITORIES CONSULTED AND
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MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS BIBLIOGRAP
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Desmond, Harry W. and Herbert Croly
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