Name/Title
Sage Pl. Greenhouse Mrs. B. 1908 [greenhouses with Annette Bailey]Entry/Object ID
1987.1.41Description
Home greenhouses with Annette BaileyPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
Glass Plate NegativesSubject
Sage Place and Annette Smith Bailey, Liberty Hyde Bailey's wifeSubject Person or Organization
Annette Smith BaileySubject Place
Location
Liberty Hyde Bailey ResidenceCity
Ithaca, New York, USAContinent
North AmericaContext
After the death in 1897 of Henry Sage, a wealthy benefactor of Cornell University, Bailey purchased a lot across the street from the house, which included Sage’s carriage house and adjoining greenhouses. With help from architecture professor Clarence Martin, Bailey designed his family’s home to be built alongside the greenhouse. Bailey helped design the house in the craftsman style, highlighting the woodwork of the builders and featuring many built-in bookshelves and seating.
He converted the second floor of the carriage house into a publishing office for the magazine Country Life in America, which he began editing when it was launched in 1900, and a herbarium.
The greenhouses have long since been demolished, but the home still stands in Ithaca and is rented by Cornell University to a property management company as student housing. The house's historical integrity that Bailey and Martin designed has been well preserved. In contrast, the carriage house is fully renovated.Collection
Dr. Peter Hyypio CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Liberty Hyde BaileyRole
PhotographerDate made
1908Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Liberty Hyde Bailey, Annette Smith BaileyRelated Places
Place
City
Ithaca, New York, USAContinent
North AmericaExhibitions
Exhibition
Through the Lens of L.H. Bailey: Plants, Places & People (2012)Notes
One of nearly thirty photographs enlarged, printed, and framed from Bailey's glass plate negatives.