Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker

Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker was a prestigious New York architectural firm.

The firm had an illustrious heritage, the parent company being founded in New York City by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz in 1885. In 1900 he added partner Andrew C. McKenzie and when Eidlitz left the firm in 1910 he was replaced by Stephen F. Voorhees (1878–1965) and Paul Gmelin. Following McKenzie's death in 1926 Ralph Walker, who had been employed for several years with the company, was added as a partner and the name was changed to Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker. In 1938, reflecting new changes in the partnership, the name was changed to Voorhees, Walker, Foley and Smith, and in 1955 to Voorhes, Walker, Smith and Smith.^[1] Mr. Voorhees held a senior partner position until January 1959, when he became a consultant.^[2] Following Perry Coke Smith's retirement in 1968, the firm's name was changed to Haines Lundberg Waehler, and in its current form is known today as HLW.

The firm was well known for its Art Deco buildings.

Notable commissions

The following are all in New York City unless otherwise noted:

Justice Court Building, Glen Cove, New York
Barclay–Vesey Building, 1920–1926
340 West 55th Street, originally the National Bible Institute School and Dormitory, 1922-1924^[3]
New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building, Newark, New Jersey, 1929
Times Square Building, Rochester, New York, 1929
Salvation Army Headquarters, 120–130 West 14th Street (1929–1930)^[4]
60 Hudson Street, 1930
101 Willoughby Street, 1931
1 Wall Street (Irving Trust Company Building) 1932
32 Avenue of the Americas, 1932
Bloomingdale's Fresh Meadows, Queens, opened 1949,^[5] closed 1991
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium inside The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1954^[6]
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building, Washington, D.C.

References

^ Walker, Ralph Ralph Walker: Architect, of Voorhees Gmelin & Walker, Voorhees Walker Foley & Smith, Voorhees Walker Smith & Smith , Henanan House, New York, 1957 p. 14
^ Robert D. Kuhn (March 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Justice Court Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
^ Stone, Stone Publishing Company, Volume 43, 1922, p. 91.
^ Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
^ "Bloomingdale's Is Closing Store in Queens, Its First Branch". The New York Times. May 22, 1949. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ Brown, John Mason (1954). "The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 12 (9): 249–255. doi:10.2307/3257567. ISSN 0026-1521.

Wilson, Richard Guy, The AIA Gold Medal, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1984 p 184-185

External links

Media related to Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Walker, Ralph Ralph Walker: Architect, of Voorhees Gmelin & Walker, Voorhees Walker Foley & Smith, Voorhees Walker Smith & Smith , Henanan House, New York, 1957 p. 14

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Robert D. Kuhn (March 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Justice Court Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[3] Stone, Stone Publishing Company, Volume 43, 1922, p. 91.

[4] Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.

[freshmeadows-5] "Bloomingdale's Is Closing Store in Queens, Its First Branch". The New York Times. May 22, 1949. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[6] Brown, John Mason (1954). "The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 12 (9): 249–255. doi:10.2307/3257567. ISSN 0026-1521.

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