Background
Webel, Richard Karl was born on July 5, 1900.
Webel, Richard Karl was born on July 5, 1900.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1923. Master Architecture, Harvard University, 1926. Degree (honorary), Wofford College, 1979.
Degree (honorary), Furman University, 1983.
Webel was co-head of Innocenti & Webel, founded in 1931 with Umberto Innocenti. Webel was responsible for the landscaping of Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. He also landscaped numerous golf courses across the United States. He designed the landscaping at places as diverse as the Frick Collection and the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
Blair House, the presidential guest quarters across the street from the White House.
The Governor"s Mansion in Albany. Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.
Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (president New York chapter 1954). Member National Academy of Design, Architectural League New York Clubs: Harvard. Century Association (New York City).
Jupiter Island (Hobe Sound, Florida). Piping Rock (Locust Valley, New York ).
Married Janet Darling, July 25, 1947 (deceased). 1 son, Richard Crawford. Married Pauline Dodge Pratt, September 27, 1969.