Bryant Fleming (July 19, 1877 – September 19, 1946) was an American architect and landscape architect.

Early life

Fleming was born on July 19, 1877, in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...

. He graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

in 1901, where he studied horticulture, architecture, architectural history, and art.

Career

Fleming became the first lecturer and instructor in landscape art in the Department of Landscape Art in the College of Agriculture at

in 1904, the third such program in the United States after Harvard (1900) and the University of Massachusetts (1902). He served as head of the department from 1906 to 1915 and in 1925 was appointed as University Landscape Advisor to Cornell.Bryant Fleming , The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Fleming established a private practice named Townsend and Fleming (1904–1915). He helped guide the development of parks in New York State, including

Letchworth State Park Letchworth State Park is a New York State Park located in Livingston and Wyoming Counties in western Upstate New York. The park is roughly long, following the course of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several ...

and the restoration of Watkins Glen State Park, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Fillmore Glen State Park, Robert H. Treman State Park, Taughannock Falls State Park, Cedar Point State Park,

Kring Point State Park Kring Point State Park is a state park located on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York. The park is north of Alexandria Bay near the St. Lawrence County line and is connected to NY 12 by Kring Poin ...

, and Waterson Point State Park. In addition, he served with Warren H. Manning (1860–1938) and others on a comprehensive campus plan for Cornell. For 30 years Fleming and his associates had an extensive residential design practice all over the country, including estates in

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, and the design of

Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art Cheekwood is a historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the Georgian architecture, Georgian-style mansion was opened as a botani ...

, a estate where Fleming guided the design of the landscape, architecture, and interiors.

Death

Fleming died on September 19, 1946.

Selected works

* 1920s:

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, listed on the

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in 2000. * 1920s: Paine Art Center and Gardens,

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, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. * 1920s: Bryant Fleming House, Wyoming, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

1877 births 1946 deaths Architects from Buffalo, New York American landscape architects Cornell University alumni Cornell University faculty {{US-architect-19C-stub