- Jacob Weidenmann
Jacob Weidenmann (1829 - February 6, 1893) was a noted American
landscape architect .Weidenmann was born in
Winterthur ,Switzerland , and educated at the Akadomie der Bildenden Kunste, where he studied art, architecture, and engineering. After graduating, he worked inMunich ,Paris ,London ,New York City ,Panama , andPeru , before settling in the United States in 1856. In 1861 he was named first superintendent of parks inHartford, Connecticut , where he designedBushnell Park andCedar Hill Cemetery . In 1874 he became a collaborator withFrederick Law Olmsted on projects includingMount Royal Park inMontreal , and theWashington, D.C. , Capitol grounds.Weidenmann's Hartford designs include grounds for the
American School for the Deaf ,Bushnell Park ,Cedar Hill Cemetery , and theInstitute of Living . His midwest designs include theIowa State Capitol ,Iowa State Fair Grounds, andMount Hope Cemetery . His national work included landscape designs for theUnited States Capitol , U.S. Quartermaster Depot,Schuylkill Arsenal , and Hot Springs Reservation.Selected works
* "Beautifying country homes", Orange Judd, New York, 1870. Reprinted as "Victorian Landscape Gardening: A Facsimile of Jacob Weidenmann's Beautifying country homes", American Life Foundation for the Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America, 1978. ISBN 0892570210.
* "Modern cemeteries. An essay upon the improvements and proper management of rural cemeteries", The Monumental news, Chicago, c1888.References
* Rudy J. Favretti, "Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect", Wesleyan University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-8195-6847-3.
* [http://www.ctasla.org/CTLA/CTLA-Sp00.pdf The Connecticut Landscape Architect, Spring 2000]
* [http://www.bushnellpark.org/Content/Jacob_Weidenmann.asp Bushnell Park biography]
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