Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956
Variant namesLandscape architect, architect, town planner.
Charles Downing Lay attended the School of Architecture at Columbia University from 1896 to 1900 and received a S.B. in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's School of Landscape Architecture in 1902. From 1902 to 1948 he maintained a landscape architecture practice in New York City. He served as editor and publisher of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE with H. V. Hubbard and Robert Wheelwright. His projects included town planning for Albany, N.Y. and for the United States Housing Corporation in Erie and Butler, Pa.; parks in New York City, Troy, Albany, Schenectady, and Brooklyn, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and Stratford, Conn.; school grounds in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; subdivisions in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey; and housing in New York City. He also was consulting architect to the 1939 New York World's Fair and worked on conservation efforts in the Housatonic River valley, founding the Housatonic Valley Planning Association in 1948.
From the description of Charles Downing Lay papers, 1898-1956. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936305
Landscape architect, architect, town planner.
Charles Downing Lay attended the School of Architecture at Columbia University from 1896 to 1900 and received a S.B. in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's School of Landscape Architecture in 1902. From 1902 to 1948 he maintained a landscape architecture practice in New York City. He served as editor and publisher of Landscape Architecture with H. V. Hubbard and Robert Wheelwright. His projects included town planning for Albany, N.Y. and for the United States Housing Corporation in Erie and Butler, Pa.; parks in New York City, Troy, Albany, Schenectady, and Brooklyn, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and Stratford, Conn.; school grounds in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; subdivisions in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey; and housing in New York City. He also was consulting architect to the 1939 New York World's Fair and worked on conservation efforts in the Housatonic River valley, founding the Housatonic Valley Planning Association in 1948.
From the guide to the Charles Downing Lay papers, 1898-1956., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)
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creatorOf | Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956. Charles Downing Lay papers, 1898-1956. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Peggy Bacon papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Peggy Bacon papers | Archives of American Art | |
referencedIn | William Mills Ivins papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | William Mills Ivins papers | Archives of American Art | |
referencedIn | Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Charles Downing Lay papers, 1898-1956. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
creatorOf | Barnby, John, Jr.,. Rules of a society that is to meet every Monday evening. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
creatorOf | Charles Downing Lay papers, 1898-1956. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. | |
referencedIn | Kraushaar Galleries records | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family papers | Archives of American Art |
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associatedWith | Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987. | person |
correspondedWith | Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 | person |
associatedWith | C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 | person |
associatedWith | Housatonic Valley Planning Association. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961. | person |
associatedWith | Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956 | person |
associatedWith | Lay, Oliver Ingraham, 1845-1890. | person |
associatedWith | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United States Housing Corporation. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | William Mills Ivins | person |
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Birth 1877-09-03
Death 1956-02-15