Cleveland, H. W. S. (Horace William Shaler), 1814-1900

Horace William Shaler Cleveland was born in 1814 in New England. After spending time in New England, New Jersey and New York working in landscape architecture, Cleveland settled in Chicago in 1869, establishing a landscape architectural firm. In 1886, he moved his firm to Minneapolis. Considered a visionary landscape architect, Cleveland was responsible for the design of the Minneapolis park system. In the late 1890s, Cleveland moved to Honsdale, Illinois to live with his son Ralph. H. W. S. Cleveland died in 1900.

From the description of H. W. S. Cleveland letters 1890s. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 311748987

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