Dates of Birth and Death
February 25, 1851–January 20, 1934Birthplace
New York City, New YorkEducation
- Educated at home
Years of practice
1851–1934Major projects
- Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works (1888)
- English Cathedrals: Canterbury, Peterborough, Durham, Salisbury, Lichfield, Lincoln, Ely, Wells, Winchester, Gloucester, York, London (1892)
- Art Out-of-Doors: Hints on Good Taste in Gardening (1893; second edition 1925)
- History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century (1909)
- Prolific contributor to American Architecture and Building News, American Art Review, Century Magazine, and Garden and Forest
Awards, honors and press
- Honorary Member, American Institute of Architects, ca. 1890
- Honorary Member, American Society of Landscape Architects, 1920
- D.Litt., Columbia University, 1910
- Gold Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1923
Keywords
landscapeView Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer‘s profile on the Pioneering Women website.