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Henry Engelhardt Grave .... Landscape Architect For Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

....The responsibility for laying out the new Mt Pleasant Cemetery in 1876 was assigned to Henry Engelhardt, a German born landscape architect whom the trustees hired, based on his successful experiences developing public grounds, gardens & cemeteries in various American & Canadian cities. Engelhardt's concept for the new cemetery, would follow the newly emerging "landscape style" that was gaining prominence south of the border. He drew on Boston's innovative Mount Auburn Cemetery for many of his ideas....

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Uploaded on August 14, 2013
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