Marian Cruger Coffin
General Information
Occupation: Landscape Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1876
Date of Death: January 01, 1957
Birth City: Scarborough
Birth State/Province: New York
Birth Country: United States
Resident State/Province: Delaware
Resident Country: United States
Sources: http://www.udel.edu/Archives/Archives/NotablePeople/coffin.html ; Birnbaum, Charles A., and Robin Karson, eds. Pioneers of American Landscape Design : An Annotated Bibliography. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000.
Specialties
Subject: Large Formal Garden Design
Description: Winterthur, du Pont estates, Gibralter, University of Delaware
Jobs
Employer: Coffin Landscape Architecture
Title: Founder
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Employer: University of Delaware
Title: Landscape Architect
State: Delaware
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1918
End Date: January 01, 1952
Notes: Significant role in union of Delaware College and Women's College campuses. http://www.udel.edu/Archives/Archives/NotablePeople/coffin.html
Collaborators
Country: United States
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Gold Medal of Honor for Landscape Design
Description: Architectural League of New York
Date Received: January 01, 1930
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: New York Botanical Gardens
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Url: http://www.udel.edu/Archives/Archives/NotablePeople/coffin.html
Title: Preservation Delaware, Inc. Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar
Description: Formal garden "rooms" each with unique characer and purpose. Restoration of gardens designed by Coffin was completed in 1999
City: Wilmington
State: Delaware
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1916
End Date: January 01, 1923
Url: ttp://www.preservationde.org/gibraltar/gardens/garden_history.htm
Education
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department: Landscape Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1904
Notes: Met Henry F. du Pont, Winterthur in Boston, establishing a lifelong working friendship
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Role: Junior Member
Start Date: January 01, 1906
Notes: Made a Fellow of ASLA in 1918
Publications By
Title: Trees and Shrubs for Landscape Effects
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
City: New York
Date Published: January 01, 1940
Publications About
Title: Money, Manure, and Maintenance
Author: Nancy Fleming
Publisher: Country Place Books
City: Weston, Mass
Date Published: January 01, 1995
Title: Marian Cruger Coffin: The Landscape Architect and the Lady, 1876-1957
Author: The House and Garden
Publication: Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts
City: Roslyn, N.Y.
Date Published: January 01, 1986
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