Corbit-Sharp House’s Colonial Revival Garden

When H. Rodney Sharp restored the Corbit-Sharp House in 1938, he established a Colonial Revival Garden in the rear with the assistance of well-known landscape architect, Marian Cruger Coffin, one of the first American women landscape architects and one of the first women to study architecture at MIT.

The layout includes all the hallmarks of a Colonial Revival Garden, including a formal, symmetrical design, straight brick walks, boxwood hedges, and a romantic structure, notably a delightful octagonal stone building.

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Corbit-Sharp House’s Colonial Revival Garden

The Grounds & Gardens

From the Collection

Valuables box

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

1805-1815

Wood Pump c.1780

The wood water pump in front of the Historic Pump House c.1780 is indicative of the public nature of the center of town. The pump was a necessity for thirsty travelers who otherwise would have had to beg a drink from a resident or purchase it at a livery stable or tavern.