Coles, Rosa E., approximately 1879-1948
Person
Biography
Rosa E. Coles (approximately 1879-1948) was born to George and Hannah Adams in Maryland. She worked as a teller in a bank. She married George Frederick (G. Frederick) Coles in 1900 and they had a son, Mark F. and a daughter, Beatrice H. She is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland. He New York death certificate has her birth date, April 26, 1879 and death date December 15, 1948 and a burial place of Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Her grave marker at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. has a birth year of 1880 and a death year of 1948.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to G. Frederick Coles, 2026 Pierce Mill Road, Washington, D.C., May 22, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box D: 1, Folder: 42Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.05.22
Scope and Contents:
Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to George Frederick Coles discusses the decorative stonework and inscriptions being prepared for Dumbarton Oaks, specifically regarding the museum tablet, the service gate finials, the tablets on the R Street wall, and the bench legs in the loggia. Beatrix Farrand wished to approve this work on her next trip to Dumbarton Oaks, and she encourages him to have these garden elements prepared. She suggests the use of polychrome painting or staining...