The Ladies' Domain: The Hampton Garden and Its Gardeners, 1784-1909
Snell CW. 1977. The Ladies' Domain: The Hampton Garden and Its Gardeners, 1784-1909. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
Hampton National Historic Site preserves the Hampton Mansion, once possibly the largest private home in America and grand example of late-Georgian architecture in America. Hampton is also the story of its people, as the estate evolved through the actions of the Ridgely family, enslaved African Americans, European indentured servants, and paid laborers within a nation struggling to define its own concept of freedom. This report concerns the Hampton Garden and its gardeners at the Hampton Estate. The data in this essay was collected while preparing the 1977 Historic Structure Report, Historical Data Section for Hampton Mansion.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snell, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1977-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- HAMP , NER
- Keywords
- carriage, garden, gardeners, Greek Revival, greenhouse, orangerie, orangery, Ridgely