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"Charles Wellford Leavitt, the Artist's Cousin" by Cecilia Beaux. 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.
In the early 1920s, Leavitt’s firm became Charles Wellford Leavitt & Son, with the addition of his son, Gordon. Leavitt became a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1904, and held memberships in the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Consulting Engineers, serving as president of the latter in 1923.
1919, Dana and Murphy; Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr., landscape architect. PA 1001 and Manor Dr. NW (PA 1005) Now home to an order of Franciscan monks, this was first the summer home of Charles Schwab, Andrew Carnegie's trusted lieutenant and the first president of the United States Steel Corporation. Eager to occupy the new property he named ...
In 1894 Leavitt became city engineer for Essex Fells, NJ, and in 1896 was associated with the East Jersey Water Company. In 1897 Leavitt opened his own office in New York City and styled himself a "landscape engineer." In the early 1920s Leavitt's firm expanded with the admission of his son and became Charles Wellford Leavitt & Son.
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Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. was born in Riverton, New Jersey, on March 13, 1871, the son of Charles Wellford Sr. and Sarah (Allibone) Leavitt. He was educated at The Gunnery school in Washington, Connecticut, and the Cheltenham Military Academy in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. married Clara Gordon White at Essex Fells ...
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