Price, Bruce, 1845-1903

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Bruce Price was born Dec. 12, 1845 in Cumberland, MD . He studied at Princeton University and did an internship with Baltimore architects Niernsee & Neilson from 1864–68. Afterwords, he began his professional work in Baltimore with Ephraim Francis Baldwin and then opened an office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where he practiced from 1873-1876. In 1877 he settled in New York City.

Prince is well known for the design and layout of the exclusive 7,000-acre planned community of Tuxedo Park, New York, created by Pierre Lorillard IV. The striking buildings Price designed there were highly influential in the architectural profession. In New York City he designed the American Surety Building, the St. James Building, the Bank of the Metropolis, and the International Bank. Prince invented, patented, and built the parlor bay-window cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroad. He also designed the Château Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada an Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada.

Price was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (1890) and belonged to the Architectural League of New York. In 1900, he entered into a partnership with French architect Jules Henri de Sibour, "Bruce Price & de Sibour". He married Josephine Lee in 1871. His daughter, Emily Price Post, was a novelist and American authority on etiquette. He died on May 29, 1903 in Paris, France.

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referencedIn Tsetsekas, Gus. Historic hotels = Hôtels historiques : postage stamp set, 1993. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Price, Bruce, 1845-1903. Gare Windsor, Montréal, Québec : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Reed, Scott. Ville de Québec [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn John Merven Carrère Papers, 1894-1911 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Miscellaneous local history materials, 1891-1988. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Bruce Price : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Gare Windsor [realia]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Price, Bruce, 1845-1903. Château Frontenac : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
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memberOf Architectural league of New York corporateBody
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associatedWith Bank of the Metropolis (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Boston and Albany Railroad Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Canadian Pacific Railway Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Carrère, John Merven, 1858-1911. person
associatedWith Château Frontenac corporateBody
associatedWith French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 person
associatedWith Gould, George Jay, 1864-1923 person
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associatedWith Sibour, Jules Henri de, 1872-1938 person
associatedWith Tuxedo Park Library (Tuxedo Park, N.Y.) corporateBody
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Paris A8 FR
Cumberland MD US
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Birth 1845-12-12

Death 1903-05-29

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