Guide to the Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings, 1947-1977

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

Published in 2021

Collection Overview

Title:	Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings
Date range:	1947-1977
Creator:	Poehler, Evelyn N., 1913-1999
Extent:	108 architecture drawing(s)
Abstract:	TBD
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection number:	SP10.0

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.

Access Points

Subject Names

• Poehler, Evelyn N., 1913-1999
• Poehler, George F., 1906-2001
• Stillman, Chauncey Devereux, 1907-1989
• Lynch, Bryan J., 1907-1986

Subject Topics

• Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture
• Wethersfield Estate (Amenia, N.Y.)
• Landscape Architecture
• Landscape Architecture--20th century--Designs and plans

Subject Topics

• Architecture

Document Types

• Landscape archtecture drawings

Occupations

• Landscape architects
• Architects

Arrangement

• I. Wethersfield Estate drawings, 1947-1977
• II. Residential drawings, 1965-1969

Evelyn Nowack Poehler, born in Rochester, NY 1913 October 21, graduated from the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women in 1932. A registered landscape architect in New York and Connecticut, she designed the Wethersfield Estate gardens located in Amenia, NY working with owner Chancey D. Stillman over several decades. Her husband, architect George Frederick Poelher, designed the garden's Palladian Arch and and an addition to the house known as the Gloriette.

They made their home in Sharon, CT and later Salisbury, CT. She maintained a private practice designing gardens for residences in addition to her work with Stillman. A Beaux Arts architect, he with Harry van Dyke and John Barrington Bayley designed an addition to the Frick Collection in New York City. She died 1999 February 15 and he died 2001 September 28.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult the Archives staff for further details.
Use of the materials:	Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws, including copyright.
Preferred citation:	Evelyn N. Poehler Landscape Architecture drawings, Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
Contact information:	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

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The collection was donated by her daughter, Jane Poehler.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Douglas W. Doe.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Douglas W. Doe 2021 February 05
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

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