Ulrich, Rudolph
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
Rudolph Ulrich (1840-1906]), born in Germany, became a prominent landscape designer in California. In Santa Cruz, he was hired in 1887 to design the layout of Mission Plaza that remains essentially unchanged today.
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Four, item (14), page 89
After the Phelan family acquired the Point Santa Cruz land in 1887, Ulrich laid out the grounds.
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One, item (1), page 1