# Julius Pitzman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Pitzman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Pitzman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pitzman > Source revision: 1347092735 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American surveyor (1837–1923)}} thumb|Julius Pitzman, 1st Lieutenant, Topographical Engineer (Union) '''Julius Pitzman''' (1837–1923) was a [Prussian](/source/Prussia)-born American [surveyor](/source/Surveying) and [city planner](/source/city_planner) best known for his development of the [private, gated neighborhoods](/source/private_place) in [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri)Porter, E. F. "Historic: Preservationists Move Toward Quiet Victory", ''[St. Louis Post-Dispatch](/source/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch)'', 1992-06-07, p. C3. from 1867 through about 1914. Originally from [Halberstadt](/source/Halberstadt), Pitzman came to the U.S. and was educated as a [Topographical](/source/Topographical) and [Civil Engineer](/source/Civil_Engineer) under the tutelage of his [brother-in-law](/source/brother-in-law), St. Louis City Engineer [Charles E. Salomon](/source/Charles_E._Salomon), and held several posts within the Engineer and Survey offices before lending his services as a [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant) of Topographical Engineers in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). Badly injured in the war, afterward Pitzman served as [St. Louis County](/source/St._Louis_County%2C_Missouri) Surveyor. During his tenure he helped design [Forest Park](/source/Forest_Park_(St._Louis)), along with [Maximillian G. Kern](/source/Maximillian_G._Kern). In addition, he worked closely with many notable architects including [Theodore C. Link](/source/Theodore_Link). Like Link, Pitzman is buried at [Bellefontaine Cemetery](/source/Bellefontaine_Cemetery), and Pitzman Avenue stands between the cemetery and the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River) toward the northeast. Pitzman's son Frederick Pitzman joined his father's firm in 1912, and the Pitzman Company was still in business in the 1990s. ==Private Places== Julius Pitzman was directly responsible for the development of the [private place](/source/private_place) in St. Louis, a pioneering land-use concept both legally and in urban form, a direct precursor to the [gated community](/source/gated_community).Boston, Lucyann. "A Glimpse of Grandeur", ''[St. Louis Post-Dispatch](/source/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch)'', 2004-04-24, p. 10. The idea allowed residential landowners to control real estate speculation and maintain property standards, in an era before the protections of [zoning](/source/Zoning_in_the_United_States). Pitzman's use of curvilinear streets to maximize privacy and vary views was a novelty in that era. The [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) nomination for the [Parkview Historic District](/source/Parkview%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri) in [University City, Missouri](/source/University_City%2C_Missouri) states that Pitzman "designed over 47 private streets in the St. Louis area in the fifty years following 1867 and (his) work was an important influence on other city planners and developers." Pitzman himself planned some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city, including Portland Place and Westmoreland Place.Delach Leonard, Mary. "The Architect Design Team", ''[St. Louis Post-Dispatch](/source/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch)'', 2004-04-25, p. 6. The Pitzman Company was responsible for the planning of [Vandeventer Place](/source/Vandeventer%2C_St._Louis), [Compton Heights](/source/Compton_Heights%2C_St._Louis), [Benton Place](/source/Benton_Park%2C_St._Louis), [Washington Terrace](/source/Washington_Terrace_(St._Louis)), [Clifton Heights](/source/Clifton_Heights%2C_St._Louis), and [Parkview Place](/source/Parkview%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri). Many of these developments are well-preserved and still gated, patrolled, and functioning as private enclaves. Pitzman also designed a portion of the New Mount Sinai Cemetery in [Affton, Missouri](/source/Affton%2C_Missouri). He brought curving roads and luxuriant landscaping.Rice, Patricia. "Reform Jews will pray at old but little-known cemetery", 2005-10-06, p. B4. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://stlouis.missouri.org/parkview/precognition.htm Pitzman cited in Parkview Historic District page] * [http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/CiCmtg/Pitzman.htm online biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005044934/http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/CiCmtg/Pitzman.htm |date=2008-10-05 }} * {{Find a Grave|18560}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitzman, Julius}} Category:1837 births Category:1923 deaths Category:American surveyors Category:American urban planners Category:People from St. Louis Category:German-American culture in St. Louis Category:Emigrants from the Kingdom of Prussia to the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Julius Pitzman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pitzman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pitzman?action=history)). 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