Christopher Gray has been documenting the sad slow-motion destruction of the Mount Morris Bank at Park and 125th in his New York Times column. In 1987, the endangered building was still seven stories (“The Mount Morris Bank: A Derelict Is Freshened Up, But Its Fate Is Still Uncertain” (30 August 1987)), but today just two stories remain (“A Once Proud Bank, Brought Low” (17 March 2010)).
New version of catalog posted
The list (pdf) now includes another four dozen buildings by the partners in their separate practices before and after their work with the main firm of Lamb & Wheeler/Rich.
The most interesting new entry is the Holland Building (1896, Wheeler & McClure), a notable early St. Louis skyscraper by Lorenzo B. Wheeler and Albany/St. Louis architect Craig McClure.
Another notable project is Hugh Lamb’s pair of apartment houses at 306-312 West 97th Street (1900). These large buildings are on the 2009 wish list (West End Avenue Study Area) of the Committee to Preserve the Upper West Side.
New version of catalog coming
A new list of about 675 Lamb & Rich projects should be available here in the next few weeks.
[Update 12.07.2009: It is more like 600 projects.]
[Update 12.31.2009: This information reposted from Dartmo.com.]
Progress on Lamb & Rich book
About 600 individual projects by Lamb & Wheeler/Rich have been identified for the book. Progress is occurring in the Manhattan projects, while the Colgate University/family projects remain mysterious. Illustrations are beginning to come in, and a tentative publication date of early 2012 has been established.
[Update 12.31.2009: This information reposted from Dartmo.com.]
Building information added – Winton Motors Garage on Broadway
New information has been added to the catalog for:
- Design for Sigma Phi house, Williams College
- Phi Delta Theta house, Dartmouth College
- Danbury Library, Danbury, Connecticut
- Witherell Tuberculosis Pavilion, Greenwich
- Colonial Revival garden for Charles Towner Root, Orange, N.J.
- Overtoun Hall, Mt. Hermon Academy
- Winton Motors garage for Percy Owen, Manhattan
- R. Fulton Cutting House at 22 East 67th Street
- Jeremiah Milbank House at 14, 16 East 67th Street
- Fisk Hall, Wesleyan University correctly attributed to Cady, Berg & See, not Rich.
[Update 12.31.2009. This information moved to this blog from static web page at http://www.dartmo.com/lambandrich/index.html.]
Building information added – Samuel Harris in North Long Branch
New information has been added to the catalog for:
- House in Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Conn.
- Cottage for Samuel Harris in North Long Branch, N.J.
- The Orange Club House, Brick Church, N.J.
- House for J.A. Minott, Orange, N.J.
- Bethel Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, N.J.
- Three houses on Sixth Avenue for H.M. Blasdell
- House on 68th Street for Anthony Mowbray
- Commercial Building at 37, 39 Greene Street
- Addition to 103-107 Prince Street for Edward Tuck and J.P. Townsend
- Washington Life Insurance Building
- Store at 24 East 22nd Street for W.H. Stern
- Store at 512-516 Broadway and 55-66 Crosby Street for William H. De Forest
- Addition to 7 Park Avenue for Charles P. Noyes
- Franklin Bank Competition Entry
- Unbuilt design for Brownell Hall, Barnard College
[Update 12.31.2009. This information moved to this blog from static web page at http://www.dartmo.com/lambandrich/index.html.]
Building information added – The Strathmore
New information has been added to the catalog for:
- Possible design of Havemeyer House, East Orange, N.J.
- Grove Street Congregational Church, East Orange, N.J.
- Commonwealth Opera House, East Orange, N.J.
- Poillon or Pollion Studio, New York, N.Y.
- The Strathmore (“Strassmore”), New York, N.Y.
[Update 12.31.2009. This information moved to this blog from static web page at http://www.dartmo.com/lambandrich/index.html.]
Building information added – Christ Church Poughkeepsie
New information has been added to the catalog for:
- Montclair Club, Montclair, N.J.
- Emma Flower Taylor Mansion, Watertown, N.Y.
- Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and its parish house (new attribution)
[Update 12.31.2009. This information moved to this blog from static web page at http://www.dartmo.com/lambandrich/index.html.]