In 1886, Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb began acquiring land on the Champlain in hopes of creating a model agricultural estate. To that end, they recruited two of the era's most prominent planners, landscape designer Frederick Olmstead and architect Robert Robertson to design the grounds of what would become the 3,800-acre Shelburne Farms. Today, the manor home serves as a popular inn, and the estate itself is not only one of the area's leading tourist attractions but a model of conservation and stewardship .
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