Object Details
- General note
- Milbank, a three hundred acre estate overlooking central Greenwich and the Sound, was the home of Jeremiah Milbank, founder of Bordens Condensed Milk Company. He engaged the New York architectural firm of Hugo Lamb and Charles Alonzo Rich to design the house. The heavily rusticated stone building was Romanesque-inspired with its suggestion of rounded towers. A broad roofed piazza swept across the front of the house and shaded the main entrance. The gateway, constructed for the Milbank estate, along with the low bluestone wall, which was part of the former Tweed estate, is all that remains today. Some evidence of the 1920's landscaping may be found in the towering trees--beech, elm, and sycamore--that have survived real estate development.
- Persons associated with the property and garden include: William Marcy Tweed (former owner); Jeremiah Milbank (former owner); and Hugo Lamb and Charles Alonzo Rich (architects).
- Former owner
- Milbank, Jeremiah, 1887-1972
- Collection Creator
- McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
- American Rose Society
- Place
- Milbank (Greenwich, Connecticut)
- United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- Greenwich
- Topic
- Gardens -- Connecticut -- Greenwich
- Urban parks
- Former owner
- Milbank, Jeremiah, 1887-1972
- See more items in
- J. Horace McFarland Company collection
- J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Connecticut
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.MCF, File CT061
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company 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
- Garden featured in the Junior League of Greenwich, The Great Estates: Greenwich, Connecticut, 1880-1930 (Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing, 1986).
- Scope and Contents note
- The folder includes catalog sheets and copy of article.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1504732814211-1504732814687-1
