Landscape Architect, Author. "A.D." was a prominent Cleveland businessman who designed parks, subdivisions, and private estates, primarily in Ohio. He was educated at Boston College and Cornell University and trained in the office of Warren H. Manning in Boston. In 1911 he prepared the topographic survey for the new campus of what is now Kent State University. In 1914 he established his own firm in Cleveland. He regularly promoted garden shows and he also helped found the landscape architecture program at Ohio State University, serving as non-resident professor in the program from 1916 to 1926. Popular among his many publications was his 1921 book, The Complete Garden. Some of his notable works include the Pentagon, Virginia; Alms Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Ault Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cumberland Park, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Boys Town, Nebraska; and Forest Hill Park, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, Ohio.
Landscape Architect, Author. "A.D." was a prominent Cleveland businessman who designed parks, subdivisions, and private estates, primarily in Ohio. He was educated at Boston College and Cornell University and trained in the office of Warren H. Manning in Boston. In 1911 he prepared the topographic survey for the new campus of what is now Kent State University. In 1914 he established his own firm in Cleveland. He regularly promoted garden shows and he also helped found the landscape architecture program at Ohio State University, serving as non-resident professor in the program from 1916 to 1926. Popular among his many publications was his 1921 book, The Complete Garden. Some of his notable works include the Pentagon, Virginia; Alms Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Ault Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cumberland Park, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Boys Town, Nebraska; and Forest Hill Park, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, Ohio.
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