Taylor, Albert Davis
Albert Davis Taylor (July 8, 1883 - January 8, 1951) was an American landscape architect, civil engineer, and author known for his influential public parks, private estates, and subdivisions, primarily in Ohio and Florida. Born in Carlisle, Massachusetts, he earned degrees from Boston College and Cornell University, later teaching at Cornell and working under landscape designer Warren H. Manning (1860 - 1938), where he embraced naturalistic landscape design. Taylor opened his own Cleveland-based practice in 1914, contributing to major projects such as the Van Sweringens' Daisy Hill Estate, the Peterloon and Timken estates, and subdivisions like Avondale and Rookwood. His firm was also involved in significant public works, including Alms and Ault Parks in Cincinnati, Forest Hill Park in Cleveland Heights, and national projects like Boys Town and the Pentagon. An advocate for landscape education, Taylor helped found Ohio State University's landscape architecture program and published The Complete Garden in 1921. As a New Deal consultant to the U.S. Forest Service, he promoted design standards that balanced conservation with public use. He died in Cleveland in 1951, leaving a legacy preserved in his papers at the University of Michigan.
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