New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company records, 1892-1921 (bulk, circa 1911-1920).

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New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company records, 1892-1921 (bulk, circa 1911-1920).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505719900

Files of the company, 1911-1920, much of which consists of unsucessful architectural bid documents, each noting the architect, building, and location, as well as estimated costs, sketches, and related correspondents. These bid documents represent commissions not awarded to NYATCC, and do, in some cases, indicate the outcome of the bid. Architects represented include McKim, Mead & White; Cass Gilbert; George Post; D.H. Burnham & Company; Warren & Wetmore, Schwartz & Gross, and many others. Also includes correspondence and office memoranda, including some describing the formative years, 1911-1914, of the National Terra Cotta Society, trade catalogs, and job photographs. Also, two albums containing photographs of sample pieces of terra cotta, and month by month construction records for three buildings, including the American Theater (42nd Street, New York, 1892) by Charles Coolidge Haight; the Renaissance Apartments (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1889) and the Imperial Apartments (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1890) both by Montrose Morris.

ca. 6,000 files.

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

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

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Warren & Wetmore

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H.E. Kennedy Co.

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Washington Terra Cotta Co.

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Snyder, C. B. J., 1860-1945

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Kreymborg Architectural Co.

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Crane, C. Howard (Charles Howard), 1885-1952

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Ajello, Gaetan.

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Tilton, Edward L. (Edward Lippincott), 1861-1933

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Post, George Browne, 1837-1913

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Maynicke & Franke

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Doulton Terra Cotta Co.

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McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin

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Chesapeake Terra Cotta Co.

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Mills, Rhines, Bellman and Nordhoff.

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Clinton & Russell

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Hardenbergh, H. J. (Henry Janeway), 1847-1918

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The New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company (NYATCC) was in operation at 401 Vernon Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, New York, from 1886 to 1932. Of the forty-eight major terra cotta manufacturers in the United States, it was the only company that operated its plant in New York City. The NYATCC supplied architectural terra cotta for projects throughout the United States and Canada, including over 2,000 buildings. Among their most prominent commissions are Carnegie Hall and the Plaza Hotel ...

Zipkes, Maximillian.

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Dennison & Hirons

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Pelham, George F. (George Frederick), 1866-1937

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National Terra Cotta Society

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Milburn, Heister & Co.

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Rutan and Russell.

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Helmle & Corbett

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Dorrence Terra Cotta Co.

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Maryland Terra Cotta Co.

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Lehman, William E. (William Eckart), 1821-1895

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Gronenberg and Leuchtag.

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Bickel, Charles.

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Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

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Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...

Weber, Werner & Adkins.

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Zettel & Rapp.

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Stanley & Scheibel.

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Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls, inc.

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Furness, Evans & Co.

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Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson

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Holmes and Winslow.

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Marshall & Fox (Firm)

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The son of a wealthy miller, Benjamin Marshall was born in Chicago in 1874 and attended a South Side prep school, the Harvard School in Kenwood. Although he received no formal education in architecture, he apprenticed with the firm of Marble and Wilson from 1893 to 1895. Upon the death of Marble, he was made a partner in the firm after only two years as an apprentice. Following an extended European trip, Marshall started his own firm in 1902. During the next three years, he establis...

Fichter & Brooker.

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Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (New York, N.Y.)

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Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., based in Atlanta, was the largest producer of terra cotta during the company's peak years of production (1900-1929). From the description of Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. Records, 1914-1941. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 27492797 Related photographs in Staten Island Geographic Photograph File and Miscellaneous Staten Island Photographs Collection. From the description of Atlantic Terra Cotta Company records, 1889-1983. ...

Sommerfeld & Steckler.

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Boyland, John Tang

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Goldner & Goldberg.

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Gladding McBean Terra Cotta Co.

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Nirdlinger, M.

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Schwartz & Gross

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Windrim, John T. (John Torrey), 1866-1934

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Morris, Montrose.

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Pilcher, Lewis Stephen, 1845-1934

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Henry Austin Martin, physician, of Boston, Mass.; brought what he called true animal vaccine to the United States in 1870; author of Tracheotomy without tube (Philadelphia, 1878). From the description of Letter : Brooklyn, N.Y., to Henry Austin Martin, 1881 Mar. 5 (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 768121854 ...

Thomas, Andrew J.

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Renaissance Apartments (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Federal Terra Cotta Co.

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Townsend, Steinle and Haskell.

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Atlanta Terra Cotta Company.

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Buchman & Kahn

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Shattuck and Hussey.

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Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company.

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Tooker and Marsh

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Jallade, Louis E. (Louis Eugene), 1876-1957

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