Henry G. Proskauer architectural drawings, 1938-1953.

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Henry G. Proskauer architectural drawings, 1938-1953.

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This collection includes reprographic architectural presentation and working drawings for six projects for which Polish-American architect Henry G. Proskauer was draftsman, associated architect, or architect. Buildings represented include a student project for a proposed hotel on the Limmat River in Zurich (7 sheets, 1938); the Virgin Isle Hotel in St. Thomas, V.I., in collaboration with Harold Sterner, architect, Joseph Prisant, associate architect, and Jac Lessman, interior designer (19 sheets, 1949); the Hoffman residence in Stamford, Conn., for Hart, Jerman & Associates, architects (5 sheets, 1950); an unidentified radio station for Hart, Jerman & Associates, architects (2 sheets, 1951); the Liberty Life Insurance Home Office building in Greenville, S.C., for Carson & Lundin, architects (12 sheets, 1952-1953); and the Banco Nacional de Fomento/Banco Central de Honduras for Carson & Lundin, architects (5 sheets, undated).

50 sheets : (6 rolls)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7285210

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Sterner, Harold, 1895-1976.

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Architect, painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1895, died 1976. Son of painter-illustrator Albert Sterner, and art gallery director Marie Walther Sterner. After graduating from M.I.T., 1917, with a degree in architecture, Sterner worked for various firms before starting his own firm in 1932. Although he never received formal art training, he painted sporadically throughout his career, particularly during the depression, when he used painting as a means of earning extra money. ...

Carson & Lundin

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Proskauer, Henry G., 1915-2006.

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Hans G. Proskauer was born in Breslau, now Wrocław, Poland, on October 15, 1915 and died in New York City on December 6, 2006. After moving to the United States, he changed his first name to Henry. A trained architect, Proskauer practiced in several firms in New York City, including Carson & Lundin and Hart, Jerman & Associates, and was also in partnership with Joseph A. Prisant. From the description of Henry G. Proskauer architectural drawings, 1938-1953. (Columbia Universit...

Lessman, Jac, 1904-1990.

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Jac Lessman was born in 1904 in Chicago and studied at Crane Technical High School and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving training in architecture and engineering. He began working, while still in high school, for his father, who ran a small furnishings and interior decorations shop. In 1922, Lessman was hired as a designer in the interior design department of Albert Pick & Co. in Chicago, where he began specializing in interiors for hotels, theatres, clubs, and cabarets. ...

Prisant, Joseph A.

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Hart, Jerman & Associates.

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