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The purpose and scope of this cultural landscape report is to assess and document Brendonwood's historic and design significance. The focus of the report concentrates on the shapers, which includes both the persons and the events instrumental in its design and development. Heretofore, Brendonwood, a residential subdivision in Indianapolis, Indiana, has received only cursory attention, yet it is the work of a master and one of the country's early 20th century landscape architects and city planners, George Edward Kessler, FASLA.
Generously illustrated, this collection profiles the bold innovators in turn-of-the-century landscape architecture who developed a new style of design celebrating the native midwestern landscape.
In the early nineteenth century, Indiana was at the intersection of ideas from the East and the frontier - resulting in a unique opportunity to express creative adaptions of residential architectural styles in America. Industrialization later in the century created a new wealth to build extraordinary houses outside of cities; by the early twentieth century, Americans had created their own distinctive residential architecture with the Prairie Style. This 288 page compendium includes over ninety houses in Indiana which are representative of the finest American residential architecture, from the Federal and Classical Revival style to Modern. The fascinating story of the evolution of residential architecture elaborates on the character defining features of each period, including the exterior form, massing, details as well as interiors - all beautifully illustrated in large format black and white photographs.