Ernest Flagg
Ernest Flagg (born February 6, 1857 in Brooklyn , † April 10, 1947 in New York City ) was an American architect of the Beaux Arts style .
Life
Flagg was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York . He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and began working as an architect in 1891, back in his hometown. With his ideas for urban planning and for restricting the height of buildings, he made a significant contribution to the development of relevant laws in New York, which was rapidly growing at the time.
Ernest Flagg was President of the New York Society of Beaux-Arts Architects for some time. His brother-in-law Charles Scribner II was a well-known publisher .
Works (selection)
- Singer Building (built 1906-1908) in New York City , (demolished 1968)
- Charles Scribner's Sons Building (built 1912–1913), New York, Manhattan
- Scribner Building , (built 1893), New York, Manhattan
- United States Naval Academy , (from 1899), Annapolis , Maryland
- St. Luke's Hospital and the Washington State Capitol in Olympia , Washington
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- The Towers, a castle-like country house in the Thousand Islands region
- Indian Neck Hall, estate of Frederick Gilbert Bourne, former President of Singer
- Clark Chapel in Pomfret ( Connecticut )
- Sheldon Library (now the entrance building), St. Paul's School, Concord , New Hampshire
literature
- Mardges Bacon, Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer, MIT Press (1986)
- Paul Malo, "Boldt Castle," Laurentian Press (2001)
- Paul Malo, "Fools' Paradise," Laurentian Press (2003)
Web links
Commons : Ernest Flagg - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Ernest Flagg's urban planning (English)
- Ernest Flagg. In: Structurae
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Flagg, Ernest |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Beaux Arts style architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1857 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |
DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1947 |
Place of death | New York City |