David A. Williston (1868–1962) was the first professionally trained African American landscape architect in the United States. He designed many campuses for historically black colleges and universities , including Tuskegee University . He also taught horticulture and landscape architecture.
11-635: Williston may refer to: People [ edit ] Williston (surname) Places [ edit ] United States Williston, Florida , a city in Levy County Williston, Kentucky , former name of Murray, Kentucky Williston, Maryland , a town in Caroline County Williston, New York a hamlet in Erie County Williston, North Dakota ,
22-972: A city in Williams County Williston, Ohio , a town in Ottawa County Williston, South Carolina , a town in Barnwell County Williston, Tennessee , a city in Fayette County Williston, Vermont , a town in Chittenden County Williston (Orange, Virginia) , a historic home and farm complex in Orange County, Virginia Williston Highlands, Florida , a census-designated place in Levy County Williston Park, New York ,
33-989: A village in Nassau County South Africa Williston, Northern Cape , a town in the Northern Cape Province Canada Williston Lake , the largest man-made lake in North America, located in the Peace River Country of northern British Columbia Schools [ edit ] Williston Northampton School , a prep school in Easthampton, Massachusetts See also [ edit ] East Williston (disambiguation) Willison Williston Negotiation Competition , an annual negotiation and contract drafting competition at Harvard Law School Topics referred to by
44-858: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Williston (surname) Williston is a surname. Notable people with the name include: David Williston (1868–1962), American landscape architect Edward Bancroft Williston (1837–1920), officer in the United States Army George H. Williston (1818–1881), American state and territorial legislator Lorenzo P. Williston (1815–1887), American lawyer and politician Ray Gillis Williston (1914–2006), Canadian educator and politician Samuel Wendell Williston (1851–1918), American paleontologist Samuel Williston (1861–1963), American lawyer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
55-469: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David Williston Williston was born in 1868 in Fayetteville, North Carolina , and was the second of thirteen children. He graduated Howard University Normal School in 1895, then enrolled at Cornell University to study agriculture under Liberty Hyde Bailey . At Cornell, he wrote his senior thesis on atmospheric drainage. Williston
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77-478: The United States. Williston continued to teach and practice landscape architecture, and planned the campuses of dozens of historically black colleges. His clients included Fisk University, Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial, Clark University, Alcorn State University, Lane College, Philander Smith College, and Howard University, where he worked with Albert Cassell . He also completed landscape design for
88-473: The faculty of Tuskegee Institute as a professor of horticulture, where he taught intermittently for 27 years. At Tuskegee he also served as superintendent of buildings and grounds between 1910 and 1929, where he designed the campus master plan and several Tuskegee facilities. He was the landscape architect for the 99th Pursuit Squadron Training School, where the Tuskegee Airmen were based. He
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110-479: Was a lifelong friend of George Washington Carver , who also taught at Tuskegee. Booker T. Washington's home The Oaks was constructed by students as part of the Tuskegee curriculum, and Williston guided students in the landscape design of the home. In 1930, Williston moved to Washington D.C. where he opened a landscape architecture firm, believed to be the first African-American-owned landscape architecture firm in
121-675: Was the first African American to graduate Cornell University with a degree in agriculture (B.S. 1898), and one of the first African Americans to graduate from Cornell in any discipline. He later completed courses on municipal engineering at the International Correspondence School in Pennsylvania. Williston taught at several historically black colleges , starting at the State College of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1898. In 1902, he joined
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