Attention to Detail-Gertrude Sawyer, Architect - Saint Leonard MD
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Don.Morfe
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Emphasizing functional requirements as well as traditional Chesapeake Tidewater architecture, Gertrude Sawyer designed 26 Colonial Revival buildings for Patterson’s Point Farm from 1932 to 1955.
Waymark Code: WM1286M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2020
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Attention to Detail-Gertrude Sawyer, Architect-Emphasizing functional requirements as well as traditional Chesapeake Tidewater architecture, Gertrude Sawyer designed 26 Colonial Revival buildings for Patterson’s Point Farm from 1932 to 1955. A graduate of the first class (1919) of the Cambridge School of Domestic and Landscape Architecture for Women, Sawyer was one of the first women admitted into the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Point Farm was Sawyer’s largest and most diverse project. This work consisted of designing a gentleman farmer’s mansion and several farm complexes containing numerous outbuildings, and a show barn for Mr. Patterson’s prize Black Angus cattle.
Since 1983, the Point Farm buildings have been renovated to house the Museum’s administration, maintenance and exhibit design offices, the Visitor Center and the Breckinridge Education Center, while retaining the look created by Ms. Sawyer in the early 1930s.
(Inscription under the photo in the upper center-left)
Gertrude Sawyer standing at the Beach House construction site.
(Inscription under the photos in the upper center-right)
First photo-Aerial view of the Farm Manager’s Complex. The
Group that erected the marker: Maryland Historical Trust
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Jefferson Patterson Park Road.
On the grounds of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
Saint Leonard, MD USA
20685
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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