Gardens of Guilford

In 1922, Friz designed his third group of apartments, also in an Italian Renaissance style, the present day Gardens of Guilford, to harmonize with The Tuscany-Lombardy buildings. A 1922 article states the architect’s intention to unify all three buildings and stated, “when completed the entire group, which will occupy a tract containing about five acres of land, will be encircling (sic) by a garden wall, insuring privacy and completing the Italian garden effect, which is the dominating feature of the design.” Although the wall was never realized, the “Italian garden effect” was splendidly achieved.

The Gardens of Guilford were originally named The Campagnia by architect Clyde N Friz who designed and built the apartments in a distinctly Mediterranean appearance and style. They were situated in a secluded, almost hidden enclave of the neighborhood. They were designed to complement the neighboring Italian Renaissance-style buildings, The Tuscany(1918) and the Lombardy (1915) also designed and built by Clyde Friz.

The buildings changed their names several times during the past century. They were the named the Garden Apartments, then the Gardens of Guilford Apartments. In 1981 the Gardens became condominiums.

This is an early rendition of The Campagnia apartments as they appeared in The Architectural Record of February 1922, pp. 160-162. While the name did not remain, many features indeed did remain until today.