Jacques Gréber
| Jacques Gréber | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 September 1882 Paris, France |
| Died | 5 June 1962 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia |
| Projects | Greber Plan (Ottawa) |
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
Jacques-Henri-Auguste Gréber (10 September 1882 – 5 June 1962) was a French architect specializing in landscape architecture and urban design. He was a strong proponent of the Beaux-Arts style and a contributor to the City Beautiful movement, particularly in Philadelphia and Ottawa.
Gréber was born in Paris, the son of sculptor Henri-Léon Gréber, and attended the École des Beaux-Arts in that city. Following graduation in 1908, he designed many private gardens in the United States. These include Harbor Hill (1910) in Roslyn, Long Island, New York for Clarence Mackay (with architects McKim, Mead & White); and at Lynnewood Hall (1913) in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania for Peter A. B. Widener (with architect Horace Trumbauer).
His greatest private commission was for investment banker Edward T. Stotesbury at Whitemarsh Hall (1916–1921) in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania (also with Trumbauer). There he created the unsurpassed American example of a French classical garden in the grand manner of André Le Nôtre.
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