Owen McGlynn
Owen McGlynn (1878 – October 15, 1918) was an architect who practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. He designed in a variety of styles, including the classical and Gothic revival. His built works included numerous banks, schools and churches.
Biography[edit]
McGlynn was born in Stockton, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1878, the son of Daniel and Bridget McGlynn. The father immigrated to the United States in 1866 and worked as a coal miner,[1] and the son was educated at St. Mary's R.C. School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2] In the 1900 census of Wilkes-Barre, McGlynn gave his age as 23 and his occupation as architect.
Around 1900, McGlynn formed a partnership with an older, more established architect, Benjamin Davey, Jr. That year, they completed the new St. Aloysius R.C. Church in Lee Park, near Wilkes-Barre, to which they each donated a stained glass window. McGlynn married Elizabeth MacDermott on October 17, 1900.[3] After Davey died in December 1901, McGlynn took over full ownership of the practice.[4]
McGlynn died on October 15, 1918, of pneumonia brought as a result of the Spanish flu.[5]
Architectural works[edit]
Among the completed works of Owen McGlynn are the following:
- Rubinsky Building, Market Street Luzerne, Pennsylvania (1897, while employed by Rudrauff & Davey)[6]
- C.M. Schwab School, Weatherly, Pennsylvania, begun September 1901 and dedicated on September 19, 1903[7]
- St. Ann's Monastery, Scranton, Pennsylvania (dedicated in March, 1904)[8]
- 27 South Main Street Office Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904)[9]
- Nanticoke High School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904)[10]
- School and Convent, St. Mary's Church, Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1905)[11]
- Convent, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905)[12]
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, (cornerstone laid October 14, 1906)[13]
- St. Mary's School, conversion of church to school, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1907)[14]
- First National Bank, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (1907)[15]
- First National Bank, Lansford, Pennsylvania (1907)[16]
- First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (1907)[17]
- Addition to Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1907)[18]
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church and Residence, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania (1907)[19]
- Town Hall, Coaldale, Pennsylvania (1907)[20]
- St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Freeland, Pennsylvania (1907)[21]
- Washington Avenue School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1908)[22]
- Courtright Avenue School (about 1908)[23]
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (dedicated October 4, 1908)[24]
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, Scranton, Pennsylvania[25]
- St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church, McAdoo, Pennsylvania[26]
- James M. Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (dedicated February 1912)[27]
- Citizens Bank, Freeland, Pennsylvania (completed July 1913)[28]
Gallery[edit]
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The First National Bank, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (built 1902-1903) -
The C.M. Schwab School in Weatherly, PA (completed 1903) -
The C.M. Schwab School in Weatherly, PA (completed 1903) -
A View of the C.M. Schwab School in 2016 -
First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (built 1904) -
St. Mary's Parochial School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905) -
St. Vincent's Convent, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905) -
The First National Bank, Lansford, Pennsylvania (completed 1907) -
Town Hall, Coaldale, Pennsylvania (completed 1907) -
Roman Catholic Church, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (built 1908) -
Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed 1912) -
The Citizens Bank, Freeland, Pennsylvania (completed July 1913)
See also[edit]
Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania
References[edit]
- ^ 1900 U.S. Census, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
- ^ Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
- ^ Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, December 13, 1901, p. 16.
- ^ "Clipped From The Wilkes-Barre Record". The Wilkes-Barre Record. 1918-10-16. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "Wilkes-Barre Record", August 4, 1897, p.6
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 21, 1904
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 1, 1904
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, October 15, 1906.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, January 22, 1907.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, June 17, 1908.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- ^ Wilkes-Barre Record, February 13, 1912, page 5.
- ^ The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA) January 30, 1940, page 6.