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Davis, McGrath & Kiessling

Davis, McGrath & Kiessling was an architecture firm formed as a partnership of Herbert E. Davis, Dudley McGrath and Calvin Kiessling (previously Davis & Shepard and Davis, McGrath & Shepard),[1] that was active between 1910 and 1921. The New York firm specialized in design of homes and public buildings on the East Coast of the United States, with an emphasis on the "Italian Renaissance Revival" and "Jacobethan Revival" styles. A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

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The New York firm of Davis, McGrath and Kiessling existed as a partnership from 1910 until 1921 and located at 175 Fifth Avenue (in the Flatiron Building).[2] Herbert E. Davis, who was born in Newark, was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was resident of Glen Ridge from 1910 until 1929 and designed numerous houses in Glen Ridge and Montclair.[3] Dudley McGrath, a Brooklyn native who attended Columbia University, was an active member of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was well known in the field of residential design until his death in 1922.[1] Calvin Kiessling, who was born in Boston and began his career with Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, left the firm in 1921 and moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where he was credited with initiating the use of Colonial Revival architecture in the New Canaan business district.[4][5] Prior to their partnership, Kiessling designed a number of Carnegie libraries, including the Colorado Springs Public Library (extant) and the Davenport Public Library (demolished in 1966, and replaced by a library designed by Edward Durell Stone).[6][7]

Structures

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Industrial Savings Bank Building, 2014

The following is a list of structures designed by the firm, ordered by state and locality:

Massachusetts

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Michigan

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New Jersey

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Liberty School, Englewood
 
Kearny Public Library, Kearny
 
Kearny Town Hall, Kearny
  • Englewood:
    • Liberty School (12 Tenafly Rd.), 1902 (as Herbert C. Davis)[10][a]
    • Highwood Firehouse (as Davis & Shepard)[14]
    • Nordhoff Firehouse (as Davis & Shepard)[14]
    • Dan Fellows Platt House (200 Booth Ave.), c. 1909[15]
    • Gaines House (251 Linden Ave.), 1909[13]
    • F. M. Burr House (140 S. Woodland St.), c. 1916[16]
    • H. N. Flanagan House (280 Mountain Rd.), c. 1916[17]
    • William M. Probst House (300 Linden Ave.)[13]
    • Henry W. Blake House (377 Walnut St.)[13][18]
    • Benjamin F. Reinmund House (104 N. Woodland St.)[13]
    • Lewis D. Mowry (184 Dwight Pl.)[13][19]
    • Arthur Johnson House (256 Lydecker St.), 1916[13]
    • A. J. Post House (64-72 Dwight Pl.)[13]
    • William M. Probst House (83 Linden Ave.)[13][b]
  • South Orange:
    • Clarence Bonynge House, c. 1916 (NRHP-district contributing property)[30]
    • John McElroy House, c. 1916 (NRHP-district contributing property)[31][32]

New York

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References

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Notes

  1. ^ Today, the Liberty School is known as the Russell C. Major Liberty School, and houses the administrative offices of the Englewood Public School District.[11] The building, however, is being proposed as a magnate school to be known as the Liberty School for the Arts.[12][13]
  2. ^ The second house designed for William A. Probst, this residence was praised in Aymar Embury II's 1909 book One Hundred Country Houses.[20][21]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Dudley McGrath". Journal of the American Institute of Architects. American Institute of Architects: 402. 1922. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Res". The American Contractor. F. W. Dodge Corporation: 50. 1916. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ "HERBERT E. DAVIS". The New York Times. 28 May 1947. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HISTORIC PRESERVATION SECTION INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY FORM". npgallery.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (23 March 1947). "MRS. CALVIN KIESSLING; Architect's Wife, Descendant of Gurdon Saltonstall, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b Times, Special to The New York (2 July 1956). "CALVIN KIESSLING, RETIRED ARCHITECT". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Explore Our History". www.davenportlibrary.com. Davenport Public Library. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  8. ^ "House in Brookline Mass by Davis, McGrath & Kiessling, Architects". The American Architect. XCIX (1849). May 31, 1911. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. ^ Janet L. Kreger (March 1, 1979), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM: Applewood
  10. ^ "Liberty School, Englewood, NJ, 1909, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Liberty School, Englewood, NJ, 1909, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ Shkolnikova, Svetlana (March 6, 2018). "Englewood designates Liberty School as an area in need of redevelopment". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i "About / History | Liberty School for the Arts". www.libertyschoolforthearts.org. Liberty School. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  14. ^ a b Sterling, Adaline Wheelock (1922). The Book of Englewood. Mayor and council of the city of Englewood, N.J. p. 212. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ^ "House of Dan Fellows Platt, ESQ, Englewood, NJ, 1909, Messrs. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  16. ^ "F.M. Burr House, Englewood, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  17. ^ "H.N. Flanagan House, Englewood, NJ, Davis, 1916, Lithograph. McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  18. ^ "H.W. BLAKE DEAD; TRADE JOURNALIST; Senior Editor of Electric Railway Journal, 63, Was anElectrical Engineer.WAS ON HORSE-CAR PAPERIt Went Over to Trolley Field in1908--He Was Associate Memberof World Tramways Union". The New York Times. 21 May 1929. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  19. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (25 March 1933). "ISABELLE GWYNNE IS MARRIED AT RYE; Becomes Bride of L. D. Mowry Jr. at Bayberry Cove, the Home of Her Parents. SISTER IS HONOR MATRON Bayard 'V. Read Is Best Man for Mr. Mowry--Couple to Live in Englewood". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  20. ^ Embury, Aymar (1909). One Hundred Country Houses: Modern American Examples. The Century Company. p. 4. One Hundred Country Houses.
  21. ^ "Review of One Hundred Country Houses: Modern American Examples by Aymar Embury, II". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 16 (20): 461. February 23, 1916.
  22. ^ "House of H.W. Crowell, Esq., Glenridge, NJ, 1909, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Residence of Mr. H.M. Edwards, Glen Ridge, NJ, 1911, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Glen Ridge Country Club, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Architectural Criticism". Architecture. XXIII. C. Scribner's Sons: 2–3. January 15, 1911. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  26. ^ Congress, United States (1970). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 44181. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  27. ^ Hipp, Jessie M. Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Kearny Town Hall Archived April 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Town of Kearny, November 1984. Accessed October 27, 2011.
  28. ^ Bulletin of the American Institute of Architects. 1910. p. 85. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  29. ^ Herman, Jennifer (1 January 2008). New Jersey Encyclopedia. State History Publications. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-878592-44-6. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  30. ^ "C. Bonynge House, South Orange, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis/McGrath/Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  31. ^ "John McElroy House, South Orange, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis/McGrath/Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  32. ^ "The Modern Colonial House". The Craftsman. United Crafts: 68. 1913. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  33. ^ "Churches, Chapels and Cathedrals". Bulletin of the American Institute of Architects. American Institute of Architects: 65. 1910. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  34. ^ "A.H. Thorndike, Esq, Riverdale, NY, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling". www.stcroixarchitecture.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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