Maud Sargent

Maud Sargent (1899 – 1992) was a landscape architect and planner.[1][2]

In 1933, she earned a B.S. from Cornell University, and in 1934 she earned a M.L.A. from Smith College.[1]

She worked for the New York City Department of Parks from 1934 to 1938.[1] In 1935, Carl Schurz Park was reconstructed by Robert Moses, due to the creation of the FDR Drive,[3] with revised landscaping by Sargent.[4] Also in 1938, Sargent represented America at an international meeting of architects, city planners, and landscape architects in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] She later worked for the Public Works Division of the Manhattan Borough President's office from 1938 to 1943.[1] In 1943, she joined the Navy, where she was an officer.[1] After World War II Sargent served as the senior land planner in the office of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.[1] In the 1960s, she worked for the Connecticut City Planning Commission, having moved to that state.[1] In 1985, she was given an award by the Connecticut Society of Architects and the Connecticut chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for her plan for Guilford Green.[1]

The Maud Sargent Papers, 1931–1992, are held as #4861 at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at the Cornell University Library.[5]

References

1. "Maud Sargent | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". Tclf.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
2. "Maud Sargent Landscape Architect, 93". The New York Times. 1992-10-17. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
3. Caro, Robert A. (1975), The Power Broker, p. 373.
4. Carl Schurz Park Association: history Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today
5. "ArchiveGrid : Maud Sargent papers, 1931-1992". Beta.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.