Formal Gardens

Formal Gardens (HM2KU5)

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N 40° 6.152', W 80° 40.12'

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Waddington Farms was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Oglebay. Today the farm is one of the finest municipal parks in the country — Oglebay Park. The map above is from a plan created for Mr. Oglebay in 1909 for the proposed arrangement of ground for Waddington Farms.

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Reflection pond in the Formal Gardens as it looked in 1910.

Guests attending the wedding of Sarita Oglebay Burton to Albert Russell. Earl W. Oglebay and his grandson, Courtney Burton, Jr. are in the center of the group that had their photo taken in the Formal Gardens.

Courtney Burtons, Jr. with his mother, Sarita Oglebay Burton, in 1915. The Clubhouse stands in the background.

View of the formal garden from the upstairs window of the Oglebay family's mansion at Waddington Farms.
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HM NumberHM2KU5
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Placed ByCourtney and Marguerite Rankin Burton Charitable Trust and the Helena Armbrecht Estate
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Date Added Sunday, September 15th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 528240 N 4439190
Decimal Degrees40.10253333, -80.66866667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 6.152', W 80° 40.12'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 6' 9.12" N, 80° 40' 7.1999999999998" W
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