About Bartlett, A. C.
Alternate name(s): "House in the Woods"
In 1905 J.C. Olmsted visited the site of A. C. Bartlett’s property in Lake Geneva, WI. Later that same year he prepared a preliminary plan for the grounds of the property (plan 03038-8) and advised that the home ‘be placed with its southerly front approximately parallel with the shoreline…a condition which is almost essential to a well balanced view and and to afford a feeling of harmony in the relation between the house and the lake.” [J.C. Olmsted to A.C. Bartlett_ 05-02-1905_LOC-OAR-B-03038_im.16] The rectangular plot of land allowed for a long approach to the house and the grounds featured two vegetable gardens, an automobile house, and a gardener’s stable.
