Alexander Ralston

Alexander Ralston (1771 – January 5, 1827) was a Scottish-American surveyor who was one of two co-architects for the design of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.

He also helped to design Washington, D.C. Alexander Ralston was born in Scotland in 1771.

In Britain he was an engineer working for the Baron of Roslin on his estate before immigrating to the United States after the American Revolution.

With co-surveyor Elias Pym Fordham, Ralston's was later commissioned by the Indiana General Assembly to make a city plan for Indianapolis, developed in 1821.

Ralston died in his Indianapolis home on January 5, 1827, and was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.