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Sid J. Hare
Sidney John Hare (January 26, 1860 - October 25, 1938) was an American landscape architect. He worked with his son S. Herbert Hare with the landscaping company Hare & Hare. Early life Sidney John Hare was born on January 26, 1860, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Isadore (née Bethurum) and Christopher Columbus Hare. He attended a private school in Louisville. Hare and his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri when he was eight. He graduated from the Central High School. In 1881, Hare finished a special course of study on surveying and trigonometry and received a special diploma from the Board of Education. He learned landscape architecture from George Kessler. Career In 1881, Hare was hired by the City Engineer's Office. In 1896, Hare was the superintendent of Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City. He worked in this role for six years, leaving in 1902. In 1909, he opened a landscape architect office. In 1910, his son, S. Herbert Hare, joined his office. They named their busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
