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Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. (1871-1928) - Find a Grave Memorial. Advertisement. Photo added by Brandon Smith. Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. Birth. 13 Mar 1871. Riverton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. Death. 22 Apr 1928 (aged 57) Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, USA. Burial. Saint James the Less Episcopal Church Cemetery.
Leavitt passed away suddenly at the age of 57, at the height of his career. Despite his son’s attempt to maintain the firm, it closed by the early 1930s.
Oct 25, 2016 · Charles L. Leavitt Jr. Search all Charles Leavitt Obituaries and Death Notices to find upcoming funeral home services, leave condolences for the family, and research genealogy.
Born: 1871, Died: 1928. 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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While much of the original statuary was auctioned after Schwab's death in 1939 to pay his considerable debts, four pieces and many of Leavitt's horticultural choices remain. Nearly 250 acres and a dozen buildings of the original 1,000-acre estate were purchased for the Franciscans for less then $50,000.
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 ...
