Aspet: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
NPS Northeast Regional Office. 2025. Aspet: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 975556. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
Aspet, the main parcel of the Saint‑Gaudens National Historic Site, is 101.5‑acre property in the town of Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Aspet includes the house, studio, and gardens of Augustus Saint‑Gaudens, one of America’s preeminent sculptors of the late‑nineteenth century. It includes an 83‑acre parcel, as well as 18 additional acres of adjacent land. Set in an open landscape that offers views to distant Mount Ascutney, the main house and studios are surrounded by a series of garden rooms defined by distinctive evergreen hedges, including a formal perennial garden and a birch grove. The classically‑inspired landscape designed by Saint‑Gaudens during his twenty‑two year residence is representative of a popular design style from the turn‑of‑the‑twentieth century. Several prominent sculptural works of Augustus Saint‑Gaudens are on display in the landscape.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- NPS Northeast Regional Office
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NER , SAGA
- Keywords
- art, Art Colonies 1915-1930, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Cotesworth Beaman, Conservation, Cornish, Cornish Colony, domestic, Estate Landscape, European Influences, Historic Designed Landscape, Historic Preservation, Landscape architecture, Museum, New Hampshire, Outdoor Statuary, painting, Priviate Historical Societies, Recreation, residential, Revival of Classicism, sculpture, Single Family Dwelling, Society for the Preservation of New Enland Antiquities