Presented by Kathleen Galop, Historic Preservation Consultant, NJ Council on the Humanities and author of Images of America: Branch Brook Park
As early as 1867, Frederick Law Olmsted came to Newark, NJ to select a site for Branch Brook Park, America’s First County Park. Through this lecture you will become more familiar with the Olmsted philosophy of landscape design and the legacy as it exists today throughout New Jersey. Landscapes designed by Olmsted and the Olmsted Brothers Firm include: Cadwalader Park, the Lawrenceville School, the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, and our own Grover Cleveland Park. A slide presentation will accompany the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. This program is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
