CPH Gilbert

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CPH Gilbert

Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert (born August 29, 1861 in New York City - † October 25, 1952 ) was an American architect from New York.

biography

His family roots go back to England. A prominent family member was Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . He received a patent from Queen Elizabeth I , which granted him the right to establish new colonies in North America.

CPH Gilbert's parents were Loring Gilbert and Caroline C. Etchebery. Gilbert studied in America and Europe. He studied construction and architecture, later painting and sculpture . He started as an assistant in a prominent architecture company, where he received his training.

In 1886 at the age of 25 he started his own business. He received several assignments and became successful over time. His clients were mostly wealthy industrialists and bankers who had their townhouses , mansions and villas in and around New York built by him.

Gilbert was married to Florence Cecil Moss, daughter of Theodore Moss of New York City. They had two children together, Dudley Pierrepont Gilbert and Vera Pierrepont Gilbert.

Works (selection)

His buildings include:

  • Harry F. Sinclair's house at 79th Street and Fifth Avenue, 1898 (now the Ukrainian Institute)
  • Joseph Raphael De Lamar's house on Madison Avenue and 37th Street, 1905 (now the Polish Consulate General)
  • together with the architect Robert W. Gibson: House for Morton F. Plant at 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 1905 (now Cartier )
  • House for Felix M. Warburg at 92nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 1906-1908 (Jewish Museum today)
  • together with the architect J. Armstrong Stenhouse: House for Otto Hermann Kahn at 91st Street and Fifth Avenue, 1916–1918 (today Monastery of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
  • Residence for Augustus G. Paine, Jr. at 31 East 69th Street, 1917–1918 (today Austrian Consulate General)

  • Harry F. Sinclair House on 79th Street / Fifth Avenue, now the Ukrainian Institute (1898)

  • Morton F. Plant house on 52nd Street / Fifth Avenue, now Cartier (1905)

  • Joseph Raphael De Lamar's house on 37th Street / Madison Avenue, now the Polish Consulate General (1905)

  • Felix M. Warburg House on 92nd Street / Fifth Avenue, now the Jewish Museum (1906-08)

  • Otto H. Kahn House on 91st Street / Fifth Avenue, today the Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1916–1918)

  • Residence of Augustus G. Paine, Jr. at 31 East 69th Street, now the Consulate General of Austria (1917–1918)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert . In: Mitchell Charles Harrison (ed.): Prominent and Progressive Americans: An Encyclopædia of Contemporaneous Biography . tape 1 . The Tribune Association, New York 1902, OCLC 12266525 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  2. ^ Marjorie Pearson: Gilbert, C (harles) P (ierrepont) H. In: Kenneth T. Jackson (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of New York City . Yale University Press, New Haven 1995, pp. 467 (English).
  3. ↑ Ralph Harrington Doane: The Residence of Augustus G. Paine, Esq. In: The Architectural Review . Vol. VIII, No. 5 . The Architectural Review, Inc., New York May 1919, p. 123-126 (English).

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personal data
SURNAME Gilbert, CPH
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilbert, Charles Pierrepont Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1952