The Redlands estate is at Carter’s Bridge, near Charlottesville, Virginia. All photos here taken in 1933, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Redlands is one of many Virginia houses associated with the descendants of Robert “King” Carter. It is still owned by members of the Carter family and is open to the public during Historic Garden Week in the spring.
Rare to see boxwoods of that size in the US. If I had to guess the date of the house, I’d have been off by 100 years.
I think the really big boxwoods are a little more common in the mid-Atlantic, where the winter weather is more kind to them — although many old specimens in the D.C. area were very damaged in the snows of 2010 and 2011.
I would love to tour the gardens and grounds! Those country homes in the Charlottesville area are so stately and gracious. Have a wonderful 4th, Cindy! Hope you are home for the festivities.
I haven’t been to the Charlottesville area in years — maybe this fall. Right now, we’re still in Rwanda. Happy 4th of July to you too!