Martha Brookes Hutcheson
General Information
Occupation: Landscape Architect, Garden Designer, Writer
Date of Birth: January 01, 1871
Date of Death: January 01, 1959
Birth City: New York
Birth State/Province: New York
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: New York
Resident State/Province: New York
Resident Country: United States
Sources: Birnbaum, Charles A., and Robin Karson, eds. Pioneers of American Landscape Design : An Annotated Bibliography. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000. ; Davidson, Rebecca W. "Designing Woman: Martha Brookes Hutcheson." Introduction. The Spirit of the Garden. By Martha B. Hutcheson. Amherst: University of Massachusetts P, 2001.
Specialties
Subject: Residential Garden Design
Jobs
Employer: private practice
Title: Landscape Architect
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1902
End Date: January 01, 1906
Employer: private practice
Title: Landscape Architect
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1906
End Date: January 01, 1920
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Alice Longfellow's Craigie House
Description: now the Longfellow National Historic Site
City: Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: Frederick Moseley's Newburyport estate
Description: now Maudslay State Park
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1904
End Date: January 01, 1906
Title: Undercliff
City: Manchester
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1902
End Date: January 01, 1906
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stout estate
City: Red Bank
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1916
End Date: January 01, 1920
Title: Harold and Harriet Pratt place
Description: in Glen Clove
City: Long Island
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1911
End Date: January 01, 1913
Education
Institution: New York School of Applied Design for Women
Start Date: January 01, 1893
End Date: January 01, 1895
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department: Landscape Architecture
Start Date: January 01, 1900
Notes: left in 1902 without a degree
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects
Role: Fellow
Start Date: January 01, 1935
Publications By
Title: The Spirit of the Garden
Date Published: January 01, 1923
Notes: reprinted by University of Massachusetts Press in 2001