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The grounds were sculpted by the nationally known landscape engineer Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr., whose works ranged from country estates, colleges, and town plans to racetracks and sewage plants. (Leavitt was hired by the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates to design Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in 1909—his only design for a baseball stadium.)
Charles Wellford Leavitt (1871–1928) was an American landscape architect, urban planner, and civil engineer who designed everything from elaborate gardens on Long Island, New York and New Jersey estates to federal parks in Cuba, hotels in Puerto Rico, plans of towns in Florida, New York and elsewhere. New York publisher Julius David Stern ...
1871 - 1928. Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr. Pioneer Information. Born in Riverton, New Jersey, Leavitt received a private education at the Gunnery and the Cheltenham Military Academy.
Jul 3, 2018 · On December 15, 1908, the Pirates announced that “numerous architects” had submitted plans for the proposed venue. 7 After sifting through proposals, Dreyfuss hired Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr., a respected New York architect and civil engineer, to supervise the design.
Born in Riverton, NJ, Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr., received his early education at the Gunnery in Washington, CT, and at Cheltenham Academy in Cheltenham, PA. He began his career as an engineer in 1891, and by 1893 had secured a position with the New York Suburban Land Company.
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Jul 12, 2016 · In 1926, Cooper River was the site of work to make reality of a vision found in the designs of landscape architect Charles Leavitt, Jr. This work and these plans set the scene for the park and historic district that forms a unique boundary of our township, and a link to surrounding communities, aesthetically, recreationally, and historically.
