Webb, Clarine Matson
Biographical notes:
Gregory Burkitt Webb (1878-1948) was an architect who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He spent the early part of his career designing banks, theaters, and hotels in various South American cities, and later became an established designer of mausoleums and abbeys in and around the New York City area, including Cypress Hills Abbey and Memorial Abbey at Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery, Ferncliff Mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y., and Holy Cross Cloister at Brooklyn's Cemetery of the Holy Cross. Webb also designed public schools, apartment buildings, private homes, and civic club buildings. He kept his offices at 25 West 43rd Street in Manhattan, and lived at 72 Brooklyn Avenue in Brooklyn with his wife, Clarine Matson Webb. Outside of his professional accomplishments, Webb was also a collector of political cartoons.
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- "Gregory B. Webb." New York Times, December 13, 1948. Accessed March 11, 2011. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E12FE3B5A157B93C1A81789D95F4C8485F9&scp=2&sq=%22gregory%20b.%20webb%22&st=cse
From the guide to the Gregory B. Webb collection, 1898-1967, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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- United States |x Politics and government |y 1933-1945 (as recorded)
- United States |x Politics and government |y 1909-1913 (as recorded)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |x Social life and customs (as recorded)
- United States |x Foreign relations |y 1901-1909 (as recorded)
- United States |x Politics and government |y 1901-1909 (as recorded)
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- United States |x Foreign relations |y 1909-1913 (as recorded)
