Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens
- Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens
Infobox_nrhp | name =Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens
nrhp_type =nhl
caption =
nearest_city= Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1931
architect= Archer Milton Huntington; William Thompson; Anna Hyatt Huntington
architecture= Other
designated = October 5, 1992
governing_body = Mixed private and state
refnum=84002045 and 78002510
Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens is a combination of Atalaya Castle and a portion of Brookgreen Gardens, in South Carolina. The area is associated with "the historical and artistic significance of Anna Hyatt Huntington" and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1876&ResourceType=Building]
title=Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens |accessdate=2008-02-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] [citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/84002045.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens] |32 KB|date=April 15, 1992 |author=Jill S. Mesirow and Page Putnam Miller |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/84002045.pdf "Accompanying 26 photos, exterior and interior, from 1992"] |32 KB] ]The size of the landmarked area is convert|551|acre|km2 out of approximately convert|9000|acre|km2 of Brookgreen Gardens, including the formal sculpture gardens but excluding "the natural landscape, wetlands, and the archaeological portions of the entire Brookgreen Garden area and the rest of the property owned by the Huntingtons".
The two sites had been listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and 1978, respectively.
ee also
*Collis P. Huntington State Park, Anna Hyatt Huntington's studio in Connecticut
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