Alfred T. Fellheimer
Alfred T. Fellheimer (March 9, 1875 – 1959) was an American architect who was lead architect for New York Grand Central Terminal and Cincinnati Union Terminal.
Biography
Felheimer was born in Chicago.[1] He graduated in 1895 from the University of Illinois School of Architecture where he had studied in Nathan Clifford Ricker.
In 1898, he joined the firm of Frost & Granger. In 1903 he joined Reed and Stem. As a junior partner he was lead architect in Reed & Stem's partnership with Warren and Wetmore for the design of Grand Central starting in 1903. Following the death Charles Reed in 1911 he became a named partner of Stem & Fellheimer which designed Union Station (Utica, New York) in 1913. The firm became Fellheimer & Long with Allen H. Stem Associated Architects in 1914 and designed the Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) in the Bronx.[2][3]
In 1923 he and an associate, Steward Wagner, from the earlier firm formed Fellheimer & Wagner and designed the Union Station in Erie, Pennsylvania. The firm completed the Cincinnati station in 1933.[3] In 1939 the firm had a commission to do a complete overhaul of the CBS Studio Building.
The firm became Fellheimer, Wagner & Vollmer which designed the Faragut Houses project in Brooklyn starting in 1942.[4] and the Albany Houses complex in Brooklyn starting in 1950[5] for the New York City Housing Authority.
In 1951, the firm designed a new Montclair, New Jersey branch store with Roland Wank for Newark-based Hahne & Company. In 1952, Fellheimer & Wagner designed the Beekman Theatre in New York City.
The architectural drawings of Fellheimer & Wagner are held by the Department of Drawings & Archives at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.[6]
Projects
- Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 1903
- Quaker Ridge (NYW&B Station), New Rochelle, New York, 1912[7]
- Union Station, Utica, New York, 1913[7]
- Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line), Bronx, 1914
- Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia), 1916[7]
- Union Station (Burlington, Vermont), 1916[7]
- Union Station, Erie Pennsylvania, 1927[7]
- Greensboro (Amtrak station). Greensboro, North Carolina, 1927[7]
- Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo, New York, 1929[7]
- Union Station (South Bend, Indiana), 1929[7]
- Cincinnati Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933[7]
- CBS Studio Building, New York City, 1939 (remodel)
- Faragut Houses, Brooklyn, New York, 1942
- Albany Houses, Brooklyn, New York, 1950
- Hahne & Company department store, Montclair, New Jersey, 1951
- Beekman Theatre, Manhattan, 1952
See also
References
- ↑ The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois Published by University of Illinois, 1918
- ↑ AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White (Author), Elliot Willensky (Author) Three Rivers Press; 4 edition (June 2000)] ISBN 0-8129-3107-6
- 1 2 Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940 - architecturecincy.org - Retrieved January 9, 2009
- ↑ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=farraguthousesi-newyorkcity-ny-usa
- ↑ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=albanyhouses-newyorkcity
- ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/da/fellheimerwagner.html
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 116, 166, 174, 191, 248, 267, 314, 386–387. ISBN 978-0471143895.