Arleyn A. Levee

Landscape Historian and Preservation Consultant

Arleyn A. Levee is a landscape historian and preservation consultant specializing in the work of the Olmsted firm. She has worked extensively with non-profit preservation groups, particularly those concerning historic landscapes. She is a Trustee of Historic New England, where she chairs the Landscape Committee and sits on its Library and Archives Committee. She is a board member of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, the Belmont Historic District Commission, the Stewardship Council of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and is an appointee to the Maintenance & Management Oversight Committee for the Muddy River Restoration Project in Boston and Brookline, MA. Since 1981 she has served in various capacities for the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP), including Co-Chair, and is currently a member of the Leadership Council.

She received degrees from Wellesley College, Harvard University and the Radcliffe Seminars Program in Landscape Design. As a consultant for various cultural and historic landscape reports for several municipalities or private clients in Massachusetts; in Louisville, KY; in Essex County, NJ; in Lake Geneva, WI, among others.

Ms. Levee has lectured across the country on aspects of landscape history, research, preservation and advocacy and has advised on several exhibits of Olmsted related works. She is the author of articles on various topics of landscape history, particularly concerning the professionals of the Olmsted firm and their diverse projects.

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