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J. B. McElfatrick

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McElfatrick established a practice in 1851 in Harrisburg and Philadelphia after studying architecture and engineering with his father Edward McElfatrick. The firm expanded to St Louis, Cleveland, and Chicago and also designed theaters in Ottawa and Montreal. He is credited with the design of more
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than 100 theaters and for instituting improved sight lines, multiple exits, fire sprinkler systems, and continuous rows of seating without aisles on the ground floor.
49: 181: 33:(1828–1906) was an architect known for his design of theaters in the United States and Canada. He eventually went into practice with his sons 86: 17: 364: 95: 57: 118: 163: 333:"Holyoke's Fine Opera House; The Interior of the Handsome Building, Which Was Opened so Successfully Last Week". 144: 244: 226: 90: 72: 175: 109: 113: 34: 187: 359: 354: 307: 148: 105: 53: 8: 319: 169: 128: 245:"J. B. McElfatrick & Son (fl. 1884 - 1906) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings" 157: 76: 262: 316:
A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 3
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and John Morgan McElfatrick (1853-1891) in the firm
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J. B. McElfatrick & Son
William H. McElfatrick
Central Colored School
Louisville, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM Harvey Theater
Brooklyn
Colonial Theatre
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Metropolitan Opera House
Philadelphia
Miller Symphony Hall
Allentown, Pennsylvania
William H. McElfatrick
National Theatre
Washington, D.C.
New Victory Theatre
New York City
Waynesburg Theater & Arts Center
Bijou Theatre
Broadway
Manhattan
Harlem Opera House
Columbus Theatre
Holyoke Opera House
Hammerstein's Olympia
Harlem Alhambra
Manhattan Opera House
Gayety Theater (Baltimore)

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