Levi Tucker Scofield (originally Schofield) (November 9, 1842– February 25, 1917)[1] was a prominent architect and sculptor from Cleveland, Ohio.

He served as a captain in the 103rd OVI in the American Civil War[2] and designed many public buildings and several monuments during his career.

His grandfather, Benjamin Scofield, came to the city in 1816 from New York and was responsible for the construction of many of Cleveland's earliest buildings.

Scofield attended Cleveland Public Schools and trained as a builder and architect, working under his father.

[1] In 1861, at the age of 19, Scofield briefly joined Battery D of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery under the command of Colonel James Barnett, mustering out only a month later.

His firm designed five Cleveland Public Schools between 1869 and 1883.Scofield was part of a commission established to construct a memorial to those from Cuyahoga County who served in the Civil War.

Scofield served as both chief architect as well as sculptor for what would become the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.

Scofield also designed a well-known statue called These Are My Jewels which is a Civil War monument currently on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse It was initially exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

Scofield was arrested on September 16, 1901, for violating local building codes which lead to the unsafe conditions that caused O'Neal's injury.

[1] The Scofield mausoleum was used as a temporary resting place for assassinated president James A. Garfield in 1881 while the construction of his memorial was undertaken nearby.