Warsaw -- Mount Airy
Object Details
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- General
- Mount Airy was built ca. 1748-1758 by John Tayloe II (b.1721-1779) in the Palladian style, on high ground overlooking the Rappahannock River. The original garden was formal and European in style, with a large bowling green directly behind the house which had formal parterres planted in flowers on either side. The five levels of garden terraces had square beds edged in boxwood. There was an orangery, now in ruins. Old trees remain on the grounds, including box, holly, tulip poplars, and yew, and also lilacs and roses. The house was approached through a deer park with an avenue of cedar trees.
- In order to build the house on high ground six acres were leveled. The house was built of local brown sandstone with limestone trim from Aquia, Virginia. The architect was said to be Colonel Thornton of London. The large central house is connected to smaller wings in front of the main house by curved corridors, which enclose the courtyard. There was a private racetrack for horses on the estate, and John Tayloe II was a noted horseman. The property remained in the Tayloe family for nearly 300 years.
- Landscape architect Arthur A. Shurtleff, best known for designing Colonial Revival gardens in the 1930s for Williamsburg and other locations, drew up plans to restore Mount Airy in 1931. These plans are located at the Library of Virginia.
- Mount Airy was listed as a National Historic Landmark on Ocotber 9, 1960, noting that it is the burial place of Francis Lightfoot Lee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Ocotber 15, 1966 and as a Virginia Historic Landmark on September 9,1969.
- Persons associated with the garden include Colonel John Tayloe II (1721-ca.1779), Colonel John Tayloe III (1771- 1828), who built Octagon House in Washington DC 1798-1800, descendents of the Tayloe family and Arthur A. Shurleff (landscape architect).
- Landscape architect
- Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
- Former owner
- Tayloe, William, Col
- Tayloe, William
- Tayloe, John, Col
- Tayloe, Richard
- Tayloe, H. Gwinn
- Collection Creator
- Hollerith family
- Collection Photographer
- Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
- Collection Creator
- Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
- Collection Photographer
- Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
- Hollerith, Virginia
- Collection Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Georgetown Garden Club
- Place
- Mount Airy (Warsaw, Virginia)
- United States of America -- Virginia -- Richmond County -- Warsaw
- Topic
- Gardens -- Virginia -- Warsaw
- Landscape architect
- Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
- Former owner
- Tayloe, William, Col
- Tayloe, William
- Tayloe, John, Col
- Tayloe, Richard
- Tayloe, H. Gwinn
- See more items in
- Hollerith Family slide collection
- Hollerith Family slide collection / Gardens and Sites / Virginia
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.HOL, File VA067
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Hollerith Family Slide Collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- This property is featured in Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia, published by the Garden Club of America, 1962, pp. 163-165, Gardens of Colony and State, Garden Club of America, 1934, pp. 101-102, and Manors of Virginia in Colonial Times by Edith Tunis Sale, 1909, pp. 30-41.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Related Materials
- Mount Airy related holdings consist of 2 folders (4 3 x 4 in. glass lantern slides and 4 35mm slides (photographs))
- See others in
- Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].
AAG.HOL_ref690
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- Record ID
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Hollerith Family slide collection
sova.aag.hol
- Creator
- Hollerith family
- Photographer
- Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
- Creator
- Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
- Photographer
- Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
- Hollerith, Virginia
- Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Georgetown Garden Club
- Names
- Georgetown Garden Club
- Place
- Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
- Topic
- Gardening -- United States -- societies, etc
- Gardens -- United States
- Gardens -- Washington (D.C.)
- Creator
- Hollerith family
- Photographer
- Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
- Creator
- Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
- Photographer
- Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
- Hollerith, Virginia
- Creator
- Garden Club of America
- Georgetown Garden Club
- See more items in
- Hollerith Family slide collection
- Sponsor
- A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
- Summary
- The Hollerith Family Collection includes approximately 2,200 35mm slides dating from 1952 to 1980 that document the horticultural interests and travels of sisters Virginia and Nan Hollerith, members of the Georgetown Garden Club in Washington, D.C. The images primarily show private and public gardens, plantations, and historic sites in the mid-Atlantic and the southeast regions of the United States. Included in the collection are slides documenting the activities of the Georgetown Garden Club and various floral arrangements.
- Biographical/Historical note
- Lucia, Nannie (Nan) and Virginia Hollerith were the daughters of inventor Herman Hollerith and his wife Lucia Beverly Talcott Hollerith. Other Hollerith children include Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1982), Charles Hollerith (1893-1972), and Richard Hollerith (1900-1967). Herman Hollerith's invention of the punch card tabulating machine, which played an integral role in the creation of the modern information processing industry, was implemented in the 1890 census to summarize census data. His business, the Tabulating Machine Company, would ultimately become International Business Machines (IBM). Upon selling his business in 1911, Herman Hollerith purchased a Georgetown residence known as Mackall Square, and added to the property a second home, which was known as the Hollerith House. The three Hollerith sisters spent the bulk of their lives in residence at this Georgetown home and at the family's Mathews County, Virginia property, known as Brighton, or Mobjack Farm. Lucia Beverly Hollerith, the eldest of the six Hollerith children, was born in 1891. A visual artist, she studied at the Corcoran School of Art and taught floral arrangement at the National Cathedral School for Girls. Born in 1898, Nannie Talcott Hollerith, commonly addressed as Nan, appears to have been particularly engaged in the maintenance of the Hollerith family estate. Virginia Hollerith was born in 1902. The youngest of the Hollerith children, she published a biographical piece about her father in the Spring 1971 issue of Isis by the History of Science Society. Mrs. Lucia Hollerith, mother of the Hollerith children, co-founded the Georgetown Garden Club in 1924. The three sisters were active members throughout their lives, as well as active members of Christ Church in Georgetown, where they regularly contributed floral arrangements for the altar. These and other floral arrangements are documented in the collection, as are the Hollerith sisters' activities with the Georgetown Garden Club.
- Extent
- 0.75 Cubic feet (approximately 2,500 35mm slides, 35mm)
- Date
- 1952-1980
- Custodial History note
- Gift from the Hollerith estate through Mrs. Richard G. Brown, a Georgetown Garden Club member. The slides had been in the keeping of Laura Fisher.
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.HOL
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Hollerith Family Slide Collection.
- Arrangement Note
- The Holleriths used a self-designed numbering system to organize their 35mm slides. They captioned most slides with the name of the garden or site shown in the slide.
- Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Genre/Form
- Slides (photographs)
- Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Related Archival Materials note
- Related materials may be found in the Hollerith Family Papers at the Washington D.C. Historical Society's Kiplinger Research Library and Collections, the Papers of the Hollerith Family at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, the Barnard-Talcott Hollerith Family Papers in the Special Collections Research Center at The George Washington University, and the Papers of Herman Hollerith in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
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