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George E. Kessler | |
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Born | |
Died | |
Resting place | Bellefontaine Cemetery St. Louis, Missouri |
Spouse |
Ida Grant Field of St. Louis
(m. 1900) |
Children | George 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]