George Kessler

George E. Kessler
Born(1862-07-16)July 16, 1862
Died(1923-03-20)March 20, 1923
Resting placeBellefontaine Cemetery
St. Louis, Missouri
Spouse
Ida Grant Field of St. Louis
(m. 1900)
ChildrenGeorge Edward Kessler, Jr.
Parent(s)Edward Carl Kessler
Adolphe Clotilde Zetzsche Kessler

George Edward Kessler (July 16, 1862 – March 20, 1923) was an American pioneer city planner and landscape architect.

Over the course of his forty-one year career, George E. Kessler completed over 200 projects and prepared plans for 26 communities, 26 park and boulevard systems, 49 parks, 46 estates and residences, and 26 schools.[1] His projects are in 100 cities in 23 states, such as in Shanghai, New York, and Mexico City.[2]

  1. ^ "George E. Kessler". Kessler Society of Kansas City. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Culbertson 2000, p. 99.