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Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings (SP10.0)

Rhode Island School of Design Archives

Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
20 Washington Place
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu

Scope & content

Approximately 108 drawings document the landscape architecture designs of Evelyn Nowack Poehler, 1947-1977. The bulk of the collection documents her work at the Wethersfield Estate of Chauncey D. Stillman. The collection includes drawings for utilities, gardens, terraces, pools, elevations, and planting plans recorded on blueprints, heavy parchment, acetate, and semi-transparent tissue. There are a few drawings for residences in Boca Grande, FL, Sharon, CT, and Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

The collection includes a few drawings by George Frederick Poehler for their house in Sharon, CT. The drawings include elevations, plot lines, and floor plans.

There are three black and white photogaphs and one color negative of the Wethersfield Estate taken by Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.

A detailed list of drawings prepared by Jane Poehler is available from the Archives.