Kimball & Thompson

Empire Building, Broadway and Rector St (Photographed 1898)

Kimball & Thompson was the name of an architectural partnership made up of Francis H. Kimball and G. Kramer Thompson from 1892 to 1898. They were early proponents of steel framed curtain-walled skyscrapers. They built several buildings in Manhattan.

Works

• The Empire Building at 71 Broadway,^[1]
• 26 Broadway, the Manhattan Life Insurance Building
• The Rhinelander Mansion.^[2]
• Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Residence, Madison Avenue and 72nd Street, (1898), design credited to Kimball & Thompson "but a photograph of the mansion published at or near the end of construction included the notation that it was designed by Alexander Mackintosh, an obscure local practitioner."^[3]
• A minor commission was for the carriage housing for B. Altman's horse-drawn delivery wagons (1896), which survives on West 18th Street, with completely refitted interiors.^[4]

References

1. "Landmarks Preservation: EMPIRE BUILDING" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 25, 1996. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
2. "Emporis: Kimball and Thompson". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
3. Christopher Gray, "Streetscapes: From a Mysterious Mansion to a Ralph Lauren Store", New York Times, 7 Oct 2010.
4. Plaque on building.