Gamaliel King
Gamaliel King (born December 1, 1795 on Shelter Island , New York , † December 6, 1875 ) was an American architect who worked mainly in New York and Brooklyn .
Life
King was born on Shelter Island in 1795 to Abraham King and Bethia Parshall King. Today almost nothing is known about his childhood.
On June 19, 1819, he married Catherine Oliver Snow, the daughter of John Snow and Catherine Oliver Snow from Brooklyn; he had five children with her, four of whom reached adulthood.
Gamaliel and Catherine King are buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .
Career
Manhattan
King is best known for his designed buildings in Manhattan , most of which were created during a partnership with John Kellum , another architect from New York. This existed from 1846 to 1859, during which time the Cary Building in New York, designed by both of them, was built .
His architectural career began in Brooklyn in the 1820s. In 1823 he was commissioned together with Joseph Moser to build the York Methodist Episcopal Church in New York, which was completed just one year later.
After this rather large project, the two architects were recruited to design an Italian “Friend's Meeting” house in Gramercy Park .
Today none of the buildings King built in Manhattan at the beginning of his career exist.
Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Borough Hall in Brooklyn is the greatest work of the two partners . Originally it was designed by Calvin Pollard , but after financial difficulties and the resulting construction freeze, the work was handed over to King and Kellum in 1845, as King had taken second place behind Pollard in the selection for the design of the house in 1835.
King is also the architect of numerous churches in Brooklyn. In a later collaboration with William H. Willcox, he also established the Kings County Savings Bank in Williamsburg .
Individual evidence
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- ^ Find-A-Grave
- ^ Website of the City of New York
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Gamaliel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelter Island , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1875 |