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Chronology of the Olmsted Firms

DatesNameParticipantsNotes
1857 – 1865(informal cooperation)Frederick Law Olmsted
Calvert Vaux
No evidence of a formal partnership appears to exist
1865 – 1872Olmsted, Vaux & Co.Frederick Law Olmsted
Calvert Vaux
Olmsted and Vaux belonged to each other’s firms
1865 – 1872Vaux, Withers & Co.Calvert Vaux
Thomas Withers
Frederick Law Olmsted
Olmsted and Vaux belonged to each other’s firms
1872 – 1884Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law OlmstedOlmsted worked with several notable non-partner associates, including George Kent Radford and John Charles Olmsted (his adopted son)
1884 – 1889F. L. & J. C. OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted
John Charles Olmsted
John Charles Olmsted raised to full partner
1889 – 1893F. L. & J. C. OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted
John Charles Olmsted
Henry Sargent Codman
Henry Sargent Codman died 1893
1893 – 1897Olmsted, Olmsted & EliotFrederick Law Olmsted
John Charles Olmsted
Charles Eliot
Frederick Law Olmsted retired from active practice in 1895
Charles Eliot died 1897
1897 – 1898F. L. & J. C. Olmsted John Charles Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
New firm, reusing a previous name of the firm
1898 – 1920Olmsted BrothersJohn Charles Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
James Frederick Dawson (assoc., 1904)
Percival Gallagher (assoc., 1904)
John Charles Olmsted died 1920
1920 – 1957Olmsted BrothersFrederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
James Frederick Dawson (assoc.; partner in 1922)
Percival Gallagher (assoc.; partner, 1922)
Edward Clark Whiting (assoc., 1920, partner 1927)
Henry Vincent Hubbard (partner, 1927)
William B. Marquis
(partner, 1937)
Carl Rust Parker (partner, 1950)
Partridge Richardson
(partner, 1950)
Charles Scott Riley
(partner, 1950)
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. retired from active practice in 1949 but remained a partner
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. died 1957
Percival Gallagher died 1934
Henry Vincent Hubbard died 1947

Firm reorganized upon death of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. , 1957
1957 – 1961Olmsted BrothersJames Frederick Dawson
Percival Gallagher
William B. Marquis
Edward Clark Whiting
Carl Rust Parker
Partridge Richardson
Charles Scott Riley
Carl Rust Parker retired 1960
Charles Scott Riley retired 1961
William B. Marquis retired 1962
Firm dissolved, 1961
1962 – 1979Olmsted AssociatesPartridge Richardson
Joseph George Hudak
Erno J. Fonagy (assoc.)
Firm dissolved, 1979
1980 – 2000The Olmsted OfficePartridge RichardsonPractice closed, 2000

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