Cass Gilbert Born: 24-Nov-1859 Birthplace: Zanesville, OH Died: 17-May-1934 Location of death: Brockenhurst, England Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Fairlawn Cemetery, Ridgefield, CT
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Architect Nationality: United States Executive summary: Woolworth Building Father: Samuel Augustus Gilbert (d. 1868) Mother: Elizabeth Fulton Wheeler Wife: Julia T. Finch (m. 29-Nov-1887, three daughters, one son) Daughter: Emily Finch Daughter: Elizabeth Wheeler Daughter: Julia Swift Son: Cass, Jr.
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (attended 1878-79)
Gilbert & Taylor Partner (1884-92)
McKim, Mead and White (1880-83)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Architectural League of New York
National Academy of Design President (1926-33) French Legion of Honor
Author of books:
Cass Gilbert: Reminiscences and Addresses (1935)
Selected edifices:
Minnesota State Capitol (1905) Spalding Building (1911) Woolworth Building (1913) Central Trust Bank Building (1913) US Treasury Annex (1919) Detroit Public Library (1921) West Virginia State Capitol (1925) New York Life Building (1928) United States Supreme Court (1935)
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