Background
Lewis, Nelson Peter was born on February 1, 1856 in Red Hook, New York, United States. Son of John Neher and Christina Jane (Nelson) Lewis.
Lewis, Nelson Peter was born on February 1, 1856 in Red Hook, New York, United States. Son of John Neher and Christina Jane (Nelson) Lewis.
Bachelor of Arts, Saint Stephen’s College, Annandale, New York, 1875, Doctor of Laws, 1911. Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1879.
Railway location and construction, Colorado, Louisiana and Alabama, 1879-1884 and 1886-1889. Entered engineering staff, City of Brooklyn, 1884. In charge bureau of Highways, City and Borough of Brooklyn, 1894-1902.
Chief engineer Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York, 1902-1920.
Director physical survey, Plan of New York and Environs. Consultant City Planning Board, Boston.
New York representative International Road Congresses, Paris, 1908, Brussels, 1910, London, 1913, and International Congress of Cities at Ghent, 1913. Visited many European cities, 1910, to examine and report upon care and control of subsurface structures.
Member of New York City Improvement Commission and Heights of buildings Commission.
Member of New York City Improvement Commission and Heights of buildings Commission. Member delegation of America engineers visiting France, December 1918, at request of French engineers and ministers to advise on problems of reconstruction after war. Member Franco-American Engineering Committee.
Member Dutch Reformed Church.
Member visiting committee School of Landscape Architects, Harvard.
Married Minnie Rose MacLean, October 21, 1885.