Thomas Warren Sears (December 15, 1880 – June 1966) was a noted American

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. Sears was born in

Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...

to Alexander Pomeroy and Elizabeth Prescott (Jones) Sears. He received his A.B. in 1903 from

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, followed in 1906 by his B.S. in Landscape Architecture as a member of Harvard's first graduating class in the field. After establishing an office in Providence, Rhode Island, Sears moved to

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and by 1917 had begun his own practice there, where he remained for the rest of his career. His works listed on the U.S.

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include the

Reynolda Historic District Reynolda Historic District is a national historic district located on Reynolda Rd. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It includes work by Charles Barton Keen and by landscape architect Thomas Warren Sears. The listing includes 22 contribut ...

, Reynolda Rd.

Winston-Salem, NC Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

(Sears, Thomas Warren) and

Graylyn Graylyn Estate, or Graylin, is a historic estate located in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The construction of the Norman Revival style mansion began in 1928. A ...

Selected landscapes

Mt. Cuba Center Mt. Cuba Center is a non-profit botanical garden located in Hockessin, Delaware, near Wilmington, in the gently rolling hills of the Delaware Piedmont. Its woodland gardens produce some of the most spectacular displays of wildflowers in the m ...

Reynolda Gardens Reynolda Gardens in spring Reynolda Gardens are located off Reynolda Road, adjacent to the Reynolda campus of Wake Forest University and the Reynolda House in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The gardens are open daily with free admission. The gar ...

* Scott Outdoor Auditorium,

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References

* Ruth Dean, ''The Livable House: Its Garden'', 1917 * Thomas W. Sears, ''Architecture and Design'', September 1941 and November 1953.

External links

*
Thomas Warren Sears Collection from the

Archives of American Gardens The Archives of American Gardens (known colloquially as AAG) is an archive dedicated to preserving documentation and content related to gardens in the United States. Established in 1992, the Archives are located in Washington, D.C., United States ...

1880 births 1966 deaths American landscape architects Harvard College alumni People from Brookline, Massachusetts {{US-architect-stub