Frederick Alexander Cuthbert (May 7, 1902 – September 14, 1978) was an American
landscape architect
A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture. The practice of landscape architecture includes: site analysis, site inventory, site planning, land planning, planting design, grading, storm water manageme ...
who worked primarily in the U.S. state of
Oregon.
Biography
He was born in
Essex, Ontario, Canada where his father was a Baptist minister. In 1908, the family moved to
Muskegon, Michigan. Cuthbert graduated from the
University of Michigan in 1928 with a
Masters of Landscape Design and began teaching at
Oregon Agricultural College. He was hired by the
University of Oregon as the landscape architect in 1932, and when the landscape program was transferred to the University of Oregon, Cuthbert founded the
Department of Landscape Architecture in 1934. Later he became Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
Cuthbert's designs influenced many landscapes at the
University of Oregon. Two of Cuthbert's landscapes, the Memorial Quadrangle and the Women's Memorial Quadrangle, are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Cuthbert directed the construction of Dad's Gates, designed by H. Abbott Lawrence, which is also listed on the NRHP.
Off campus, his work was central to community landscapes, including the
Eugene Mall,
Corvallis High School, and the
Oregon State Capitol
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in
Salem
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.
The Marie and Arthur Berger Scholarship, established in 1972, is awarded to architecture students at the University of Oregon and honors Cuthbert, Marie Berger’s instructor at Oregon Agricultural College. The
Cuthbert Amphitheater at Eugene's
Alton Baker Park
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is named in honor of Cuthbert, the park's designer.
References
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1902 births
1978 deaths
American landscape architects
Canadian emigrants to the United States
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment alumni
University of Oregon faculty
Oregon State University faculty
Architects from Oregon
People from Essex, Ontario