Curtis, Jack

Curtis, Jack
500 Jackson Street Columbus, IN 47201

Jack Curtis was a landscape architect based in Monroe, Connecticut, whose work in Columbus, Indiana, helped shape the settings of several major modern buildings and campuses. He is best known locally for the landscape design of the Cummins Corporate Office Building (1984), where he created a park-like site organized around a central water feature and richly layered plantings. Columbus sources also associate him with the landscapes for the Cummins Technical Center, Cummins Fuel System Plant, Cummins Engine Plant One, Cummins Child Development Center, Columbus Visitors Center, and Irwin Gardens restorations. His landscape for the Cummins headquarters received a 1991 ASLA Honor Award.

Columbus, Indiana projects
• Cummins Corporate Office Building (landscape architect), 500 Jackson Street, 1984.
• Columbus Visitors Center (landscape architect for 1995 renovation/expansion), 506 Fifth Street, 1995.
• Cummins Technical Center (landscape architect).
• Cummins Fuel System Plant (landscape architect).
• Cummins Engine Plant One (landscape architect).
• Cummins Child Development Center (landscape architect).
• Irwin Gardens restorations (landscape architect).

Honors
• American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, 1991, for the landscape of the Cummins Corporate Office Building.

Work in Columbus