A Terrace Garden

William R. Hoppé & Associates
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Front Entrance on 31st and R Streets 
      in Georgetown, DC A Photo Tour of
The Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks

     On the following three pages you will be treated to a fully annotated, "slide show" presentation featuring some 50, screen-sized yet quick loading images all but two of which were taken by us (Bill Hoppé) in the spring of 2001.   We put this presentation together for several reasons:

    
One –  because we want to give you an opportunity to learn more about, and visually experience the wonder and beauty of, this Garden which, in all respects, is a national treasure of great cultural and historic value!

    
Two –  because we truly love this Garden and feel that it epitomizes all that we stand for as "GardenHome Architects";.

     We hope you will enjoy these pictures as much as Bill Hoppé enjoyed taking and readying them for the internet!  Be sure to bookmark this page and pass it along to your family, friends, and all your acquaintances.

     When you have finished the tour, you might also want to visit Harvard's own Dumbarton Oaks website. To enjoy this tour to its fullest, make sure that your monitor display is set at 800x600 pixels.  At that setting (as opposed to a setting of 1024x768 pixels), fully 95% of all the pictures will fill up your screen!  With the exception of having to do some vertical scrolling, we promise you won't have to do any horizontal scrolling at all.  Try it, you'll like it!

Here's Page 1 of our Tour...
(pictures 1 through 10)

(NOTE:  Click on any thumbnail below and you are on the tour with its
full sized pictures!)

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01 – Main Entrance –
... at the corner of 31st and R Streets in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. The gates were designed by Beatrix Farrand and made from swedish wrought iron by Samuel Yellin.
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02 – Aerial View of the property –
(Courtesy of Harvard University)
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03 – Photo of Beatrix (Jones) Farrand –
... the designer of the Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks. (Courtesy of Harvard University)
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04 –Testimonial Plaque –
... placed in the balustrade surrounding the "Green Garden" in commemoration of Beatrix Farrand and her clients, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, the owners of
Dumbarton Oaks.

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05 – Front Facade –
... of the residence which was built in the late 18th century in the Federalist style.
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06 – Front entrance –
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07 – The spreading Katsura tree –
The Katsura tree (Cercidephyllum japonica) stands to the right of the garden's main gate and is a marvel of near horizontal branches that hug the ground!
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08 – Orangery entrance –
The Orangery was built in 1810 as a free standing (greenhouse) structure to house the potted plants of the "Green Garden" during the winter months.
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09 – Orangery interior –
A single fig vine (Ficus pumila) planted in the mid 860s now covers all the interior walls and beams of the structure.
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10 – Orangery Terrace –
An outdoor seating area which is part of, and overlooks, the "Green Garden" which was used for entertaining and festooned with many exotic potted plants.
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Page 2 - Images 11 - 30       Page 3 - Images 31 - 50

If, at the end of this tour, you would like to take another one ...
this E-bus here will take you on an extensive
Photo Tour of Amsterdam
that offers some 220 screen-sized yet quick loading images of the interiors  and
exteriors of famous houses and public buildings and of canal and street scenes.
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