Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

Not to be confused with Frederick Law Olmsted.
This article is about the American landscape architect. For the American artist and biophysicist, see Frederick Olmsted Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Born(1870-07-24)July 24, 1870
Staten Island, New York
DiedDecember 25, 1957(1957-12-25) (aged 87)[1]
Malibu, California[2]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRoxbury Latin School
Harvard University
OccupationArchitect
Parent(s)Frederick Law Olmsted
Mary Cleveland Perkins
AwardsPugsley Medal (1953)
PracticeOlmsted Brothers
BuildingsBiltmore Estate
ProjectsWashington, D.C.: National Mall; Jefferson Memorial; White House grounds; Rock Creek Park. Others: Bok Tower Gardens; Forest Hills Gardens; Leimert Park, Los Angeles, Lake Wales, Florida

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (July 24, 1870 – December 25, 1957) was an American landscape architect and city planner known for his wildlife conservation efforts. He had a lifetime commitment to national parks, and worked on projects in Acadia, the Everglades and Yosemite National Park. He gained national recognition by filling in for his father on the Park Improvement Commission for the District of Columbia beginning in 1901, and by contributing to the famous McMillan Commission Plan for redesigning Washington according to a revised version of the original L’Enfant plan.[3] Olmsted Point in Yosemite and Olmsted Island at Great Falls of the Potomac River in Maryland are named after him.

The son of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., he and his older half-brother John C. Olmsted created Olmsted Brothers about 1896 as a successor firm to their father's firm. They had both worked with him before his retirement. Soon after his father's death, Olmsted stopped using the suffix "Jr." Works attributed to Frederick Law Olmsted after about 1896 are those of this son.

  1. ^ American Council of Learned Societies (1958). Dictionary of American Biography. Scribner. p. 485. ISBN 0-684-16226-1.
  2. ^ "The Lasting Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Is Everywhere". Peninsula Past Columns. Palos Verdes Library District. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. pp. 501. ISBN 9780415252256.