Sid J. Hare

Sidney John Hare was born on January 26, 1860, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Isadore (née Bethurum) and Christopher Columbus Hare. He attended a private school in Louisville. Hare and his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri when he was eight. He graduated from the Central High School. In 1881, Hare finished a special course of study on surveying and trigonometry and received a special diploma from the Board of Education. He learned landscape architecture from George Kessler.

In 1881, Hare was hired by the City Engineer's Office. In 1896, Hare was the superintendent of Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City. He worked in this role for six years, leaving in 1902. In 1909, he opened a landscape architect office. In 1910, his son, S. Herbert Hare, joined his office. They named their business Hare & Hare. Hare was hired by J. C. Nichols to design Mission Hills, Kansas, including the Mission Hills Country Club, in 1913–1914. He was also hired by Robert A. Long to design Longview, Washington.

Hare designed Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington and Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He also designed locations in Houston, Texas. With his son S. Herbert Hare, he designed the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, Texas.