Bowditch, Ernest W.
Dates
- Existence: 1850 - 1918
Biography
Ernest W. Bowditch, a civil engineer and landscape gardener from Massachusetts, participated in the design of Ochre Court’s grounds. The university's archives contain numerous pieces of correspondence between Mr. Bowditch and estate owner Ogden Goelet.
As a landscape gardener, Mr. Bowditch was also involved in the design of other Newport estates, such as The Breakers and Chateau-sur-Mer. Mr. Bowditch consulted with famed architectural firm Peabody and Stearns, and collaborated with architect H.H. Richardson.
He designed numerous parks, including Rockefeller Park and Shaker Lakes Park in Cleveland, and executed landscape designs for several subdivisions in the 1880s and 1890s. Bowditch created a design for the Eastern portion of the Cleveland Parkway System in 1894, and was commissioned to plan and facilitate improvements to the infrastructure of Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland in 1897.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Goelet family papers
Financial records and correspondence related to Ogden Goelet and his family members, including his brother and his son, both named Robert. Much of the material relates to the family's real estate holdings in New York City and Odgen's Newport residence, Ochre Court.