Taft House, 446 Grove St. (c. 1918)

L. R. Taft House, November 2003. Photo Credit: Kevin S. Forsyth

Levi Rawson Taft (August 22, 1859 – February 12, 1941) was Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening (1888–1902), and state inspector of nurseries and orchards, 1902 onward. During his tenure he and his family lived on campus in Faculty Row № 9, and beginning 1909 lived in Faculty Row № 8. He and his wife Ella raised six children, all of whom became M.A.C. graduates: Grace Helen (’04), Lillian Maynard (’05), Howard Austin (’11), Hazel Charlotte (’10), Harry Goodell (’12), and Ethel (’16).[Beal, pp. 426–428. Minutes, 13 Jun 1916, p. 264.]