User:RGKMA/sandbox/Albert H. Spahr
Albert H. Spahr | |
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 Albert H. Spahr from The Brickbuilder (1915) | |
| Born | June 19, 1873 Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 1, 1966 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Beaux Arts Medal |
| Buildings | |
Albert H. Spahr (June 19, 1873 – April 1, 1966) was an American architect.
Biography[edit]
Albert Hubbard Spahr was born June 19, 1873, in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania to Thomas Lewis Spahr and Sara Jane Reed. Spahr went to high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked at the architectural office of Harry W. Jones. He was in Course IV at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He was awarded with the Beaux Arts Medal from the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects of New York. https://archive.org/details/brochureseriesof02bostuoft/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/inlandarchitect29e/page/xiv/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
He studied in England and France following graduation and entered the office of Peabody and Stearns in Boston after returning. He worked for them for five years before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he partnered with Colbert T. A. MacClure to form MacClure and Spahr. MacClure died in 1912, but Spahr continued to practice with the same firm name.
During World War I, Spahr was commissioned by the U.S. Government to design and construct one thousand homes in Erie, Pennsylvania for working men.
He married Carolyn Margaret Wilson (1880–1952) of Sidney, Ohio, in 1901. They had two children: Sara Jane Spahr and Kimball Spahr.
https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-1962-03/page/n55/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Spahr died April 1, 1966, at Fairbrook Farm in North Egremont, Massachusetts.[1] He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Egremont.
https://archive.org/details/housegarden92julnewy/page/n223/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/brickbuild24unse/page/n403/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Works[edit]
MacClure and Spahr[edit]
Works completed under the name MacClure and Spahr include:
- Greyfield (1901–1905), Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
- The Diamond Building (1905), 100 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Union National Bank building (1906), 306 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Jones & Laughlin Building (1908), 200 Ross St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Oliver Bath House (1913), 38 S 10th St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Langley High School (1916–1923), 2940 Sheraden Blvd., Sheraden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Frank & Seder Building (1918), 441 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with Charles Bickel and William E. Snaman
Andrew W. Mellon house Woodland Road Shadyside List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks Laughlin House (later Andrew W. Mellon House, now on Chatham College campus)
Homewood Cemetery crematory and chapel https://archive.org/details/pittsburghoftoda03harp/page/308/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/buildingsofpenns0000donn/page/110/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Acheson House, Shadyside, 1903
Spahr House, Sewickley, 1904
https://archive.org/details/pittsburghslandm0000kidn/page/536/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Grand Opera House (now Warner Centre, Downtown), 1906), 322-326 Fifth Ave., https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/dcp/Pittsburgh_Central_Downtown_NR_Nomination-4.pdf
Meyer & Jonasson Department Store, Downtown, 1909-10
Union National Bank building (20st) https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-1906-01/page/n139/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22
https://archive.org/details/buildersjournala4019unse/page/n447/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22
University club at Fifth avenue and St. Pierre street https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v20_1905/page/516/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22
Keystone National Bank of Pittsburg https://archive.org/details/passengerelevato00browiala/page/190/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22
Langley High School (1916–1923), 2940 Sheraden Blvd., Sheraden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
William Flinn cottage https://archive.org/details/sim_house-beautiful_1908-08_24_3/page/58/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22
J. C. Rea, Esq. House, Pittsburgh https://archive.org/details/architecturalrec39newyuoft/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Spahr[edit]
Works which Spahr completed under his own name include:
- "Stonehurst" estate of Joseph D. Schlotman (1915), 501 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe, Michigan[2]
- Emory L. Ford estate (), 485 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- "Fairholme" estate of Elmer D. Speck (1916), 585 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe, Michigan[3]
- "Farmhill" estate of Henry Robinson Rea (1916), Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania (demolished)[4]
- Ford Ballantyne residence (1916), Grosse Pointe, Michigan[5]
Midland, Pennsylvania housing development for Crucible Steel Co. https://archive.org/details/1a12architectu04bostuoft/page/68/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/IndustrialHousing/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/MIT-Technology-Review-1912-11/page/n107/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Gold medal design for a University Club https://archive.org/details/american-architect-and-building-news-volume-66-1899/page/n97/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22https://archive.org/details/american-architect-and-building-news-volume-66-1899/page/n87/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
workingmen's houses at Massena, New York, designed by Albert H. Spahr for the Aluminum Company of America https://archive.org/details/americanarchite111newyuoft/page/n301/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22 https://archive.org/details/thesurvey21survuoft/page/330/mode/2up?q=%22MacClure+and+Spahr%22https://archive.org/details/brickbuild25unse/page/n849/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22https://archive.org/details/brickbuild25unse/page/n851/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Erie, PA with Charles Downing Lay (town planner) https://archive.org/details/cu31924061770651/page/174/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Irénée du Pont residence, Wilmington, Delaware https://archive.org/details/housegarden58julnewy/page/126/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
Gallery[edit]
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Ford Ballantyne Residence
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https://archive.org/details/housegarden89jannewy/page/n35/mode/2up?q=%22Albert+H.+Spahr%22
References[edit]
- ^ Struble, William T.; King, Ruth; Leslie, Janet K., eds. (July 1966). "Class News: Albert Hubbard Spahr". MIT Technology Review. 68 (9). Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press: 81 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Socia, Madeleine; Berschback, Suzy (2001). Images of America: Grosse Pointe, 1880–1930. Great Britain: Arcadia Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 0-7385-0840-3. LCCN 00-111843.
- ^ Mikkelsen, Michael A.; Croly, Herbert, eds. (November 1916). "Portfolio of Current Architecture". The Architectural Record. XL (5). New York: The Architectural Record Company: 490–492 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Mikkelsen, Michael A.; Croly, Herbery, eds. (April 1916). "Portfolio of Current Architecture". The Architectural Record. XXXIX (IV). New York: The Architectural Record Company: 382–383 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Wight, Peter B. (October 1916). Mikkelsen, Michael A.; Croly, Herbert (eds.). "Country House Architecture in the Middle West". The Architectural Record. XL (4). New York: The Architectural Record Company: 319 – via Internet Archive.