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499: 475: 20: 323: 120: 38:. Many of its clients were among the wealthiest and most powerful families in the state. Founded in 1903, the firm operated as a partnership until 1935, when Aldrich left for an appointment in Rome. Delano continued in his practice nearly until his death in 1960. 590:. Some historical records of Delano & Aldrich's work on the Wall Street headquarters of Brown Brothers Harriman are included in the Brown Brothers Harriman Collection housed in the manuscript collections at 668:"C.H. ALDRICH DIES; NOTED ARCHITECT; Member of Delano & Aldrich Designed Embassies, Clubs and Famed Residences STRICKEN IN ROME AT 69 Head of American Academy There Since 1935 Began Practice Here in 1903" 991: 558:), for James A. Burden and his wife, Florence, 1916. The architects worked the spirit of Annapolis's Whitehall, a 1760 plantation house, into the design. 93: 1011: 532: 508: 502: 97: 877: 360: 1006: 996: 583: 293:
Greenwich House, 1917. The community later added two floors to this center, stretching the Georgian townhouse manner to the limit.
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1040 Park Avenue, at 86th, apartment building, 1924. In low relief along a classical frieze, tortoises alternate with hares.
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Eighteen projects are examined in detail, and a catalogue of the firm's complete oeuvre. Introduction by Robert A.M. Stern
375:(later George F. Baker, Jr. House), 75 East 93rd Street at Park Avenue, 1918 (altered with a ballroom wing added in 1928). 240: 518: 201:(Center for Inter-American Relations), 1911. Neo-Federal townhouse, part of a harmonious row continuing a theme set by 943: 296: 169: 950:
Christopher Gray, "The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich; How an Upper-Class Firm Tweaked Classical Norms"
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limestone palazzo in the manner of London clubs of the 19th century, "one of the last great monuments of the
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architectural styles for their townhouses, churches, schools, and a spate of social clubs for the
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and the International Center for Photography. An English brick block, in the manner of Sir
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Fathers Building, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, dedicated September 1925.
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The Delano and Aldrich archive is held by the Drawings and Archives Department in the
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Aldrich left the partnership in 1935 to become the resident director of the
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Almost immediately after the firm was formed, they won commissions from the
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Raymond House, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, opened April 1930
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Dawes House, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ, opened November 1929
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Geng, Julie, "Straight Up: The Construction of Willard Straight Hall,"
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Delano & Aldrich architectural records and papers, circa 1900-1949
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McPherson Infirmary, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, 1929
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Mulford, Roland J "History of Lawrenceville School 1810 – 1935," 1935
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Mulford, Roland J "History of Lawrenceville School 1810 – 1935," 1935
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Third Church of Christ, Scientist; Park Avenue at 63rd Street, 1924.
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New York 1930, Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
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http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/collection/grancent.htm%7C1934
401:, the building was constructed of Istrian marble and pink brick. 339: 332:, 62nd and Fifth Avenue, 1915. A discreet Federal townhouse on 436: 761:"Painters and Sculptors' Gallery Association to Begin Work," 446:, New Haven, CT, 1932. Georgian colonial group of buildings. 458:, 5th Avenue, 1914. Later used as the headquarters of the 129:
Surviving buildings (all in New York City unless noted):
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Delano & Aldrich's Historic Long Island Commissions
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Brick & Cornice: Delano & Aldrich Buildings
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Beaux-Arts
New York City
William Adams Delano
Chester Holmes Aldrich
Carrère and Hastings
Rockefeller family
Georgian
Federal
Astors
Vanderbilts
Whitneys
Yale
architecture event
art competition
1928 Summer Olympics
American Academy at Rome

Willard D. Straight House
63 Wall Street
Art Deco
Condé Nast
Alpha Chi Rho
Yale School of Drama
American Embassy, Paris
Belair Mansion
Bowie, Maryland
The Brook
Brookville Reformed Church
Boxwood Lodge

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