Background
Sager was born and raised in Tiffin, Ohio.
Sager was born and raised in Tiffin, Ohio.
Harvard University.
He was employed by the National Park Service where he was a pioneer the form of "rustic architecture" that became known as "National Park Service rustic" architecture. He began working for the Park Service in 1928 and became its Chief Landscape Architect. He received a Master"s Degree from Harvard University"s School of Landscape Architecture in 1928 and was hired by the National Park Service.
By 1930, he had moved to San Francisco.
He was assigned to the Western Division and was given responsibility in the 1930s for Sequoia National Park, the General Grant Grove of giant sequoias, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Crater Lake National Park. He later assumed responsibility for the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park as well.
Sager"s works include the Moro Rock Stairway, several structures at Giant Forest Village-Camp Kaweah Historic District (1926-1927) in Sequoia National Park, and the House of the Sun Visitor Center at that Crater Historic District in Haleakala National Park. In the early 1930s, he was also the assistant park architect at Crater Lake National Park.
In 1933, he prepared a general plan for the Crater Lake headquarters area.
72, and structures in the Munson Valley and Rim Village Historic Districts. At the time of the 1930 United States. Census, he was living as a boarder in a home in San Francisco. He was identified as a landscape architect.
He worked for a time in Hawaii but was transferred back to the mainland in 1936.
At the time of the 1940 United States. Census, he was living as a lodger at the Kilauea Volcano House in Hawaii. He was identified as a landscape architect with the Civilian Conservation Corps.