History
Dan Kiley is among the most important international landscape architects
of the 20th century. For over 60 years and in more than a thousand projects,
he has transformed the landscapes of private houses, public institutions
and vast urban spaces into magnificent places of natural beauty. In September
1997, Kiley was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor
that can be bestowed upon an artist in the United States. Kiley's work
includes the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, Rockefeller
University in New York City, the Oakland Museum in Oakland, CA and the
John F. Kennedy Library in New York City.
North Christian Church, in Columbus, Indiana, is the last building architect
Eero Saarinen designed before his death in 1961. It is the last of three
buildings in Columbus that he and Dan Kiley worked on together. The other
buildings in Columbus were the Irwin Union Bank, and the Miller House.
North Christian Church was completed in 1964, and Kiley's extensive landscaped
grounds were developed in the years after the building's completion. The
landscape has been well maintained and has reached maturity with a great
degree of integrity.
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