Early organizational chart, 1864 In 1861 Culyer accompanied
Frederick Law Olmsted to Washington, D.C., where he assisted in organizing the
U.S. Sanitary Commission. One of the things they accomplished was the design of a modern
organizational chart of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in 1864, entitled "Diagram illustrating the working organization of the United States Sanitary Commission." In the upper right corner they described, how to read the chart and which colour coding was used. It reads: The
Circles represent not individual workers but departments or subdivisions of labor.The
lines represent lines of responsibility. Each center from which lines diverge is responsible for the right management of the several departments radiating from it.What is distinctly
Medical is represented by Green: what is distinctly
Special Relief is represented by red. All other departments are represented by Black." This chart is one of the first modern
organizational charts, but it was not the first in its kind. Two years earlier in 1862 the Attorney and Counselor N. Medal Shafer had drawn a
Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union. And ten years before in 1854 the Scottish-American engineer
Daniel McCallum (1815–1878) created the
first organizational chart of American business around 1854. This chart was drawn by
George Holt Henshaw. The Sanitary Commission Bulletin of Feb. 1, 1864 reported, that this chart was used in an early 1864 meeting to explain the work of commission to its participants. In the same year the foreign agent of the United States sanitary commission Charles SP. Bowles reported, that initially multiple large engraved diagrams, showing its working organization, existed.
Flatbush Town Hall, 1874-75 Flatbush Town Hall at 35 Snyder Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, was built in 1874-75 and was designed by Culyer in the
High Victorian Gothic style in the
Ruskinian mode. It dates from the time before the Town of Flatbush was integrated into the City of Brooklyn, in 1894. Afterwards the building served as a magistrate's court and the
New York City Police Department's 67th Police Precinct station. In the late 1980s the building underwent a renovation and refurbishment, and it is now used as a community center.
Eastside Park, Paterson, 1888 Eastside Park,
Paterson was designed by Cuyler in cooperation with
Fred Wesley Wentworth, and Welch, Smith & Provot, build in 1888. The
Eastside Park Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the
Eastside of
Paterson, New Jersey east of
downtown. Once the home of the city's industrial and
political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson, but has since seen a revival in interest in the mansions and large homes in the area.
Flatbush District No. 1 School, 1894 The Flatbush District No. 1 School at 2274 Church Avenue on the corner of Bedford Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, was built in 1878 on land that was formerly the
Flatbush African Burial Ground and was designed by Culyer in the
Rundbogenstil style, with a southern addition which dates from 1890 to 1894. The school, which dates from the period before the Town of Flatbush was integrated into the City of Brooklyn in 1894, was later designated Public School 90, but the building was closed in 1951. Since then, it has been used as Yeshiva University's Boy's High School and the Beth Rivkah Institute, but is currently vacant.
Prospect Park and other works Culyer assisted in laying out
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was employed for twenty years on the public parks, boulevards and parkways. The park was designed by
Frederick Law Olmsted and
Calvert Vaux after they completed Manhattan's
Central Park. Attractions include the Long Meadow, a 90-acre (36 ha) meadow, the Picnic House,
Litchfield Villa,
Prospect Park Zoo, The
Boathouse, housing a visitors center and the first urban
Audubon Center; Brooklyn's only lake, covering ; the Prospect Park Bandshell that hosts free outdoor concerts in the summertime. The Brooklyn Historical Society summarized, that "during the park's construction, Culyer was charged by the park's commission to oversee the development of the park's public uses. He also oversaw the construction of Ocean Parkway, the Concourse at Coney Island, and was involved in the construction of several railroads in Brooklyn." After his resignation in Brooklyn in 1886, Culyer was engaged as an expert
landscape architect and was employed on parks in Chicago, New Orleans, Nashville, New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Pittsburg and Paterson. == Publications ==