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

Large plate or charger

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

1750-1820

kind of unique export product, 18th century wallpaper

Hand Painted Wallpaper

The wallpaper in the Corbit-Sharp House (c. 1774) is a rare example of hand-painted Chinese wallpaper. This kind of unique export product was made in the 18th century and helped establish the popularity of wallpaper in England and America.