Background
Fleming, Bryant was born on July 19, 1877 in Buffalo. Son of Emmet and Mary (Harris) Fleming.
Fleming, Bryant was born on July 19, 1877 in Buffalo. Son of Emmet and Mary (Harris) Fleming.
He graduated from Cornell University in 1901, where he studied horticulture, architecture, architectural history, and art
In 1904, Fleming became the first lecturer and instructor in landscape art in the Department of Landscape Art in the College of Agriculture at Cornell, the third such program in the United States after Harvard (1900) and the University of Massachusetts (1902). He served as head of the department from 1906–1915 and in 1925 was appointed as University Landscape Advisor to Cornell. In 1904 he established a private practice named Townsend and Fleming (1904–1915).
He helped guide the development of parks in New York State, including Letchworth State Park and the restoration of Watkins Glen State Park, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Fillmore Glen State Park, Robert H. Treman State Park, Taughannock Falls State Park, Cedar Point State Park, Kring Point State Park, and Waterson Point State Park.
In addition, he served with Warren H. Manning (1860–1938) and others on a comprehensive campus plan for Cornell. Foreign 30 years Fleming and his associates had an extensive residential design practice all over the country, including estates in Belle Meade, Tennessee, and the design of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, a 100-acre (040 km2) estate where Fleming guided the design of the landscape, architecture, and interiors.
Active in the profession as a teacher and mentor, he died on September 19, 1946.
Member plan commission and landscape adviser to Cornell University. Member American Academy in Rome, Jury of Landscape Architecture. Clubs: University (Buffalo).