Schmidt, Kathryn2012-11-152012-11-152012http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/11715This thesis explores the architecture and interiors of Lucknow, the mountain estate of Thomas Plant and his wife, Olive Dewey Plant. Lucknow, located in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire, was built between 1913 and 1914. The design was the result of collaboration between Plant and the architect J. Williams Beal of Boston. Because few period documents regarding Plant's life survive, this thesis reads Plant’s personality and interests through the decisions he made in the construction and furnishing of his home and estate. Much of the original furniture has remained in place at Lucknow since Plant’s death in 1941. The research for this project involved onsite documentation of architectural details and interior furnishings as well as textual research regarding Plant, Beal, and the companies that furnished Lucknow. The architecture at Lucknow was influenced by many earlier European and American styles and outfitted with the latest technology to facilitate the Plants' isolated mountain lifestyle. Although Lucknow has often been categorized as Arts and Crafts style, this thesis complicates that label and places the architecture and interiors of the house within the stylistic spectrum of the early twentieth century. Plant spent lavishly on construction and furnishing his public rooms, but he did not consistently operate within current trends for home architecture or décor. Lucknow emerges as a distinct and singular example of early-twentieth-century architecture in New England. The house and estate survive as a mosaic of ideas and styles, particularly combined to suit the tastes and interests of Thomas Plant.Plant, Tom, 1859-1941 -- Homes and haunts.J. Williams Beal & Sons.Architecture, Domestic -- New Hampshire -- Moultonborough.Dwellings -- New Hampshire -- Moultonborough.Thesis