Ossian Cole Simonds - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 57.496 W 087° 39.535
16T E 445394 N 4645352
Simonds was a landscape designer...and the person who designed Graceland Cemetery where this marker is sited.
Waymark Code: WMC6HG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2011
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Graceland Cemetery is a beautiful Chicago sight with the graves, mausoleums and monuments for many notable people.
Simonds was once buried here himself...as noted in this memorial which reads:
"The Trustees of Gracerland Cemetery
commemorate the original owner of this plot:
OSSIAN COLE SIMONDS
(1855-1932)
Silver Medal- The Paris Exposition of 1900
"A better heritage for later day, no man can leave."
-Regents of the University of Michigan (1929) upon
awarding an honorary degree.
protege of William LeBaron Jenney (1878-1880)
Senior Partner of Simonds & Holabird; Simonds, Holabird & Roche (1880-1883)
Superintendant of Graceland Cemetery (1883-1898) and continuing as Landscape Gardener
Senior Partner of Frank N. Button, J. Roy West, and others (1893-1932)
A Founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects (1899)"
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Graceland Cemetery
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