Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981

This design was completed c.1940.

From the description of Wallace K. Harrison house [Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.] [graphic] : [floor plan, with notes and measurements] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect ; drawn from memory by Hester Diamond]. [194-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 271454123

Architect; interviewee d. 1981.

From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Kirkman Harrison, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736936

Harrison considered numerous schemes for Lincoln Center throughout the 1950s. The final scheme was settled by 1960.

From the description of [Nocturnal bird's-eye view of Lincoln Center] [graphic] : [rendering of a preliminary scheme] / Hugh Ferriss [renderer] ; [Wallace K. Harrison, architect]. [195-]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82217852

David Milton was Harrison's brother-in-law.

From the description of [David Milton residence, Tuckerstown, Bermuda] [graphic] : [first and second floor plans, exterior elevation from west, and sections through the kitchen and bedroom, and through the breezeway] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect]. [1936]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78319134

The motif was originally designed for the 14th floor apartment.

From the description of [Rococo motif for Nelson A. Rockefeller's apartment on Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [design drawings E and F for moldings and window surrounds] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect]. [1935]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 81650467

At the time of this project Harrison's office was located at One Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

From the description of [South ticket office lobby alteration, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY] [graphic] : [preliminary studies] / W.K. Harrison, Architect. [19]77-[19]79. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78165771

From the description of [Metropolitan Opera House, restaurant level, preliminary office study] [graphic] : [plans and elevation] / W.K. Harrison, Architect. Nov. 1978 - April [19]79. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82539345

Drawing was made by Harrison while at the École des Beaux-Arts.

From the description of [Unidentified building] [graphic] : [longitudinal section] / [Wallace K. Harrison]. [March 1921]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 79622539

Wallace K. Harrison, (1895-1981), was an American modernist architect. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, where as a teenager he worked for the contractor O.W. Norcross and the architectural firm Frost & Chamberlain. Beginning in 1916, the architectural firms for which Harrison worked were McKim, Mead & White; Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson; Frank J. Helmle & Harvey Wiley Corbett; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Harrison & Fouilhoux; Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz; and others. He also did free-lance work for Raymond Hood.

Harrison served in World War I as a Navy ensign aboard a subchaser. After the war, Harrison attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he spent a year in the atelier of Gustave Umbdenstock. He was also a winner of a Rotch Travelling Scholarship in 1922. Harrison had a long-standing personal and professional relationship with Nelson A. Rockefeller which began while he was workig on Rockefeller Center. Rockefeller established the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, where Harrison served as assistant coordinator in 1941 and director in 1945. Harrison won numerous awards, including the New York Architectural League's Gold Medal in 1936 and the American Institute of Architect's Gold Medal in 1967.

From the description of Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1930-1980). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505720109

This memorial was sponsored by the American Battle Monument Commission.

At the time of this project Harrison's office was located at One Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.

From the description of [Pershing Memorial at Pershing Park, Washington, D.C.] [graphic] : [studies and sketches] / Wallace K. Harrison, architect. [1956]; [1959]; 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 271454134