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treatment of yards varied, as indicated by descriptions of southern paved yards and by William Bartram's account (1791) of Native American swept yards in Cuscowilla

encouraged. The quarter for the enslaved laborers sometimes included gardens and yards where residents could grow produce for their own use or bartering. In written

private yards, one hundred and seventeen feet wide, and extending two hundred feet from the return wings which form one of their sides. These yards are enclosed

51–53) “PLAN OF THE ANCIENT CHUNKY-YARD. “The subjoined plan. . . will illustrate the form and character of these yards. “A, the great area, surrounded by

who are interred in them, remained; this location of burial-grounds [or yards located behind a church that was set in a public square] seems to have been

walled, or so curiously inclosed as Gardens. . . “Orchards, or Hort-yards Ort-yards, are inclosed pieces of Ground planted chiefly with Standards Fruit-Trees

Williamsburg Foundation) “. . . netted lawn for Pavillions or [M]usqito Netts—10 Yards each ps at 10d per Yd.” Carroll, Charles (of Annapolis), 1777, describing

provided examples of fashionable designs to be installed in front of suburban yards. Elaborate iron-work fences were particularly popular as enclosures for urban

Muscogulge and Cherokee Indians (1791; repr., 1928: 101–2, 407) “At about fifty yards distance from the landing place, stands a magnificent Indian mount. . . But

ground; Seat; Shrubbery; Square; View/Vista; Walk; Wall; Yard Other Resources: LOC; The State House Yard in Philadelphia was dedicated as a public green in the

private yards, one hundred and seventeen feet wide, and extending two hundred feet from the return wings which form one of their sides. These yards are enclosed

garden, Lawn, Mall, Mound, Seat, Shrubbery, Square, View/Vista, Walk, Wall, Yard Other resources: Library of Congress Name Authority File; Export as RDF Samuel

enabled and marked the transition from one area to another, such as between yards devoted to different activities, between a work space and a more ornamental

their court-yards.” Dwight, Timothy, 1799, describing New Lebanon, NY (1821–22: 3:149) “Their church, a plain, but neat building, had a court-yard belonging

of Edmund Quincy, Boston, MA (quoted in Pearson 1980: 6) “. . . about Ten Yards from the House is a Beautiful Cannal, which is Supplyd by a Brook which is

used as a bleaching area for cloth recalls the utilitarian associations of yards (view text). Grass plats were not always attached to houses. Large stretches

“Rosamund’s bower was near where is now a little grove, about two hundred yards from the palace. The well is near where the bower was.” Cutler, Manasseh

n.p.) “the river is backed up by a wall of four feet high, and about 300 yards in length, and above this wall there is as you may suppose the most enchanting

ortegard; that is, wort-yard, a yard for herbs. The Germans call it baumgarten, tree-garden, and the Dutch boomgaard, tree-yard. See Yard.] “An inclosure for

51—53) “PLAN OF THE ANCIENT CHUNKY-YARD. “The subjoined plan. . . will illustrate the form and character of these yards. [Fig. 7] “A, the great area, surrounded

grove. The house was situated on an eminence, about one hundred and fifty yards from the river. On the right hand was the orangery, consisting of many hundred

near Philadelphia, PA (1798: 9, 24–25) “At the distance of three hundred yards from his house, on the top of a rock whose sides were steep, rugged, and

appropriation in Washington, DC, may have derived from the naming of the State House Yard in Philadelphia, which was also known as a mall. The association of the founding

its numerous varieties, as shrubs. After an extent of several yards, or hundreds of yards, have been occupied with these two genera, a third and fourth

relief and visual interest to relatively flat areas, as in the yard at the State House Yard in Philadelphia, which the Rev. Manasseh Cutler described in

which was a Chinese temple.” Anonymous, April 17, 1829, “Neglected Grave Yards” (New England Farmer 7: 307) “I wish to call your attention to the subject

Wieland, near Philadelphia, PA (1798: 9) “At the distance of three hundred yards from his house, on the top of a rock whose sides were steep, rugged, and

the soil equal in fertility to any in the world. The river is about eighty yards wide, always confined with in its lofty banks, and rolling down its waters

Prospect, Square, Statue, Terrace/Slope, View/Vista, Walk, Wall, Wood/Woods, Yard Other resources: Getty ULAN; LOC; Export as RDF Robert Mills (August 12,

Wash-House; these Rows are something wider than the House, & are about 300 yards Long, at the Eastermost end of which is the great Road. . . These Rows of

Seat, Shrubbery, Square, Summerhouse, Thicket, View/Vista, Walk, Wood/Woods, Yard Other resources: Library of Congress Authority File; Manasseh Cutler Papers

leaving an open and full view of the distant woods—the mounds are at 60 yards apart. I mention this because it is the only departure from the origl.” [Fig

principal windows of the house. As the company, broken into small parties a few yards from each other, were walking slowing along this walk, a snake, supposed

Winter, & age,—& a spacious Conservatory about 200 yards to the West of the Mansion. . . "The Stable Yard, tho contiguous to the house, is perfectly concealed

there was] a view of a prettily falling grass plat. . . about 300 by 100 yards in extent an extensive prospect of James River and of all the Country and

this latter context that Manasseh Cutler’s description of the State House Yard, Philadelphia, cites Hogarth’s “Line of Beauty,” an allusion to mid-18th-century

fine statue, symbol of Winter, & age,—& a spacious Conservatory about 200 yards to the West of the Mansion.” Anonymous, January 2, 1808, describing in the

landscapes. The scale of lawns ranged from modest to grand. Small dwelling yards contrasted with broad swaths of turf in settings as diverse as landscape

following Thornton’s hyperbolic criticisms of Latrobe’s gate for the Navy Yard (1804–1813) and the ornamental eagle and anchor that the Italian sculptor

streets, and its large squares of Grass, with its neat white houses and little yards in front filled with shrubbery.” Trollope, Frances Milton, 1830, describing

Garden” to its north and “A new flower Garden” (measuring twenty-six by ten yards) to the south. Board fences enclose each of these areas. A stone retaining

which communicate with each other across the road give occasion every 50 yards for a bridge; and between every two bridges are two gates one on each side

furnish a succession of level surfaces for gardens, house-plats and court yards; and are thus very convenient, as well as sometimes very handsome. The streets

Myrtle and sweet orange Trees.” Anonymous, April 17, 1829, “Neglected Grave Yards” (New England Farmer 7: 307) “I wish to call your attention to the subject

commanding a view of a prettily falling grass plat. . . about 300 by 100 yards in extent an extensive prospect of James River and of all the Country and

stood on an artificial mound in a grove of cedar and ash trees about 100 yards from D’Annemours’s house. After D’Annemours sold Belmont, the estate passed

Arch; Column/Pillar; Fence; Gate/Gateway; Promenade; Square; Statue; Walk; Yard Other Resources: LOC; Getty TGN; Mount Vernon Place Conservancy; The Washington

appeals to the heart than the proudest monument—to exchange the crowded church-yards of cities, whose associations, beyond the claims of private feeling, are

surrounded by a high stone wall, and on each side, at the distance of 1 or 300 yards is a large brick building, one for the Sec. of War and the other of the Navy

Ponds made in this way may be of any convenient size, from a couple of yards upwards to as many acres. The following [Fig. 137.] is the section of a pond

Person Upon the Sabbath day to Drinke or Game In their houses Gardens or Yards Shall for ye first offense forfeict five and Twenty Guildars.” Bowling greens

of fruits, Trees, and Herbs which the country will afford,” as well as “Yards about 120 feet long, planted with orange Trees”(view text). In 1765 William

appearance of meanders, where the eye cannot discover more than twenty or thirty yards in length, are generally preferable to all others, and these should now and

make it evident that the distance could not have been more than twenty yards. You, sir, are acquainted with the original of this picture. You know the

Labyrinth, Parterre, Piazza, Plot/Plat, Seat, Square, Walk, Wilderness, Yard Other resources: Library of Congress Authority File; Export as RDF Deborah

abode of contemplation. A rapid stream ripples over the rocks, at a few yards distance, producing the melancholy, but pleasing sounds of a distant waterfall

recreation depicted in William Russell Birch's illustration of the State House Yard in Philadelphia [Fig. 2]. In addition to serving multiple purposes as a communal

or Labyrinths, where the Eye cannot discover more than twenty or thirty Yards in Length; and the more these Walks are turn’d, the greater Pleasure they

New York, NY (Journal of Medicine 10: 64) “The Physicians who object to yards, or courts, advocate, as a substitute, open verandahs guarded by lattice-work

the men’s side, there is a private yard for females, and the flower-garden in front of the lodge, and the paved yards connected with it are similarly arranged

stood on an artificial mound in a grove of cedar and ash trees about 100 yards from D’Annemours’s house. It appears in Charles Varlé’s Warner & Hanna’s

edge of the property. At the opposite side, two tree-lined walks led 150 yards down a moderate slope to the river’s edge. Several of the plants cultivated

garden-walls to consist chiefly of semicircles; each about six or eight yards in front, and two trees; and between every two semicircles, including-a space

of Edmund Quincy, Boston, MA (quoted in Pearson 1980: 6) “. . . about Ten Yards from the House is a Beautiful Cannal, which is Supplyd by a Brook which is

Statue, Summerhouse, Temple, Vase/Urn, View/Vista, Walk, Wall, Wood/Woods, Yard Other resources: Library of Congress Authority File; Getty ULAN; American

abode of contemplation. A rapid stream ripples over the rocks, at a few yards distance, producing the melancholy, but pleasing sounds of a distant waterfall

reaches from the one to the other. . . opposite to this Parade is a Court Yard & a large Kitchen Garden.” Vaughan, Samuel, 1787, describing Mount Vernon

in his green- or hothouse and, in good weather, moved them out to a nearby yard. In the painted views of Thomas Say’s garden in New Harmony, Indiana [Fig

two large windows[.] ye farther end of his garden reaches to within A few yards of ye rivers bank; ye north front hath A fine prospect of ye town through

Rivers in the distant view; while there is revealed a glimpse of the navy yard where eight frigates of the United States Navy lie in mooring.” Anonymous

plantation near New Orleans, LA (1835: 1:81) “Situated about two hundred yards back from the river, the approach to it [the house] was by a lofty massive

together with the others, forms a fine stream, in some places six or eight yards wide.” Warden, David Bailie, 1816, describing Bladensburg, MD (1816: 160)

Date: 1710 Death Date: 1791 Used Keywords: Avenue, Obelisk, Orchard, Seat, Yard Other resources: Library of Congress Authority File; Export as RDF William

ground has been completely drained by drains extending between 400 and 500 yards in length, and in some places 3 feet deep; the canal has been deepened so

borders of the gravel walk to the No. Necessary—from the circle in the Court yard. . . “Planted the 9 young peach Trees which I brought from Mr. Cockburns

Gardener and Housewife (1842: 317–18) “PIGEONS. . . A pretty object in a poultry yard is a wooden structure or dovecote raised from the ground on one or more high

It supplies the fountains in front of the house, the cold Bath, the Barn yards, the gardens, & at different distances in the fields may be unstopped for

distance, all built of free-stone, with a handsome fence inclosing a court-yard in front.” Morse, Jedidiah, 1789, describing New York, NY (1789; repr., 1970:

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substantial brick dwelling, on the north side of the main road, about fifty yards from the river.—This house the British also occupied; and when they evacuated

Property, October 15, 1851. William Bartram, “Plan of the Ancient Chunky-Yard,” in “Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians” (1789), Transactions

Instructions for the Cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, Hop Yards, Green Houses and Hot Houses (Washington, DC: Printed by Samuel H. Smith

ridiculous to erect a pompous temple where there was not the extent of a hundred yards from the building. . . “He who would know where to place his pavilion, seat

fine statue, symbol of Winter, & age,—& a spacious Conservatory about 200 yards to the West of the Mansion. “The Conservatory consists of a green house,

Gothic Architecture (1747), pl. 1. William Bartram, “Arrangement of the Chunky-Yard, Public Square, and Rotunda of the modern Creek towns,” in “Observations

—as the Vinca or Periwinkle, whose brilliant dark leaves formed a bed many yards square. “After examining the trees for some time, the grand nephew of HUMPHREY

preparations for a kitchen garden. A park with a circumference measuring 1,850 yards had been cleared on the north side of the mountain by September. Work on

Pavilion for an eminence.” [Fig. 6] William Bartram, “Plan of the Ancient Chunky-Yard,” in “Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians” (1789), from Transactions

this view the stone steps at the End of the house is seen, which lead to the yard in front of the Garden, the Garden pails are on a stone wall on which grows

in Philadelphia, centrally located on Market Street near the State House Yard. Built in the late 1760s, the house had been damaged by fire in 1780 and

together with the others, forms a fine stream, in some places six or eight yards wide. This place was formerly the property of the family of Fairfax, once

1823, “National Burying Ground” (New England Farmer 1: 206) “This grave-yard contains an area of two or three acres, enclosed by a plain wooden fence

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undoubtedly the best; but for small parterres, or the flower beds in a front door yard, it seems much less suitable. They can commonly be taken in at one glance

1820. Henrietta Augusta Drayton, Ashley Hall, river side with obelisk in yard, c. 1820. Mark Catesby, “Ilex cassine L. dahoon,” in The Natural History

undoubtedly the best; but for small parterres, or the flower beds in a front door yard, it seems much less suitable. They can commonly be taken in at one glance

windows from the northeast face of his residence, overlooking the “private yard” in which his enslaved African American servants lived and worked. Whether

America and might be made a l’Anglaise with ease. I like her plan that the fore-yard should be thrown down into a lawn that carriages may drive to the front door

He enclosed the barn and stable area and made a large farmyard and poultry yard. Irving also enclosed the 1 ½-acre rectangular kitchen garden and flower

door-way, simple and pretty hoods upon brackets over the windows, the door-yard was all laid out afresh, the worn out apple trees were dug up, a nice bit

open green and walks forever.” Like many public gardens, the State House Yard derived its significance from its proximity to an important public building

the old College house which stood opposite the bookseller’s in the college yard. In taking up this covered walk was found the skull of a dog, with a brass

three-story shop, granary, and residence for Jacob Quesnel, which also included a yard, to be located on the northeast corner of Market (now Broadway) and State

the left side of the drawing. William Bartram, “Plan of the Ancient Chunky-Yard,” in “Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians” (1789), from Transactions

were sitting under a kind of piazza in front of the house or standing in the yard. . . About eleven preparations were made for repose. . . The floor of the

to the unhealthy, unattracted, and overcrowded conditions of older church yard burial plots inherited from the Colonial period.” Following the model of

on Husbandry and Rural Affairs (1801: 74–75) “The homestead includes this yard; together with its stackyard, the garden, nursery, orchard, and some acres

greatly to moderate his horticultural enthusiasm. We passed through the poultry-yard, where the congregation of fowls exceeded in number and bustle any that I

pretty—it stands at a short distance from the north Lodge, and the church yard is embowered with the foliage of tall locusts. . . . The gardener furnished

technology, and husbandry to landscape design. By including terms such as orchard, yard, lawn, and beehive, the project addresses a variety of gardens from across

Part that lies next the House, which is intended to be divided into Court Yards, Parterres, &c. And Batty Langley (1728), like Dézallier d’Argenville, included

(American Journal of Insanity 4: 348) “East of the entrance is the private yard and residence of the Phy[sic]ian of the Institution, being the mansion house

Birch's City of Philadelphia.... We currently have "Back of the State House Yard" from Historical Society of Philadelphia, but it is in black/white, and they

zig-zag you had an idea that it was to be laid out by line 20 or 30 feet or yards (as the hill would admit) one way then angling & as far as it would go strait

frequently urged Marshall to visit him there (). While laying out the State House Yard in Philadelphia in 1785, the wealthy British merchant Samuel Vaughan turned

into the next, but yonder is a neat, pretty cottage, with flowers in the yard; I know they will be kind in there.” “But this is the biggest house,” urged

Garden 3. upper Kitchen Garden 4. the Lower Kitchen Garden 5.6. Walks 150 yards long / of a moderate descent

Plan of Mount Vernon, 1787 William Bartram, “Plan of the Ancient Chunky-Yard,” 1789 James Trenchard after Charles Willson Peale, "An East View of GRAY'S

showing the several distances and dimensions, in sections of one square yard each. This plot, by its admeasurement of the ground, will guide to a ready

coach-house on the rear of the lot at the lane; and near it the poultry-house and yard. The lots are suitably intersected with walks and alleys, and shaded and

Land for various Trees & Flowering Shrubs. L. House for the Gardener. M. Yard for the stercorary [manure pile], & the back of the Hot & Green-house for

inclosed with a brick wall and palisade on the top. -------/D Orchard. -------/E Yard inclosed with a brick wall and palisade on the top. ------ /F Store of wood

dwelling house is represented by A; the woodhouse, B; coach house, C; stable yard, D; hydraulic ram, E; dam, F; grape arbor, G; fruit shrubbery, H; hedge of

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