Sid J. Hare | |
Birth Name: | Sidney John Hare |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1860 |
Birth Place: | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Death Place: | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Children: | 2, including S. Herbert Hare |
Education: | Central High School |
Occupation: | Landscape architect |
Employer: | Hare & 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.
Sidney John Hare was born on January 26, 1860, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Isadore (née Bethurum) and Christopher Columbus Hare.[1] [2] [3] 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.[2] [3] In 1881, Hare finished a special course of study on surveying and trigonometry and received a special diploma from the Board of Education.[1] [3] He learned landscape architecture from George Kessler.[1] [2]
In 1881, Hare was hired by the City Engineer's Office.[1] 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.[1] [3] In 1909, he opened a landscape architect office. In 1910, his son, S. Herbert Hare, joined his office. They named their business Hare & Hare.[1] [3] Hare was hired by J. C. Nichols to design Mission Hills, Kansas, including the Mission Hills Country Club, in 1913–1914.[2] [4] He was also hired by Robert A. Long to design Longview, Washington.[2]
Hare designed Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington and Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.[1] [2] He also designed locations in Houston, Texas.[1] [2] With his son S. Herbert Hare, he designed the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] [5]
In 1885, Hare married Mathilda A. Korfhage. They had one son and daughter, Sidney Herbert and Nellie.[1] [3]
In 1924, Hare moved into a 20-acre home east of Swope Park. He named it Harecliff.[3] Hare died on October 25, 1938, at his Harecliff home in Kansas City, Missouri.[3] [2] [6] He was buried at Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.[3]