Albert Hamilton Kipp (November 14, 1850 – May 22, 1906) was an architect from
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Career
Albert Hamilton Kipp was born in New York City on November 14, 1850, but grew up at
Mount Pleasant, New York
Mount Pleasant is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town population was 44,436. The hamlet (N ...
where his step-father, Elijah Bird, worked as a carpenter.
Kipp worked for a few years in New York, before moving to
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in June 1886. He joined forces with
Thomas Podmore in December 1886 to form the architecture firm Kipp & Podmore, but the firm dissolved by mutual consent at the end of 1891.
Kipp died at
Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1906, and was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States. The village is located on the east bank of the Hudson River, about north of New York City, and is served by the Philipse Manor stop on ...
.
Principal architectural works
* E. B. Hutchinson Residence, 847 Prospect Place,
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard/East New Yo ...
, New York, built about 1886.
* Puritan Congregational Church,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1887.
* Nelson Memorial Hall,
Wyoming Seminary,
Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1887 — as Kipp & Podmore.
* Methodist Episcopal Church,
Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed in 1889 — as Kipp & Podmore.
* Armory, Gaylord Avenue,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.
* State Street School,
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.
* Spalding Library,
Athens, Pennsylvania
Athens is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located south of the New York (state), New York state line on the Susquehanna River, Susquehanna and Chemung River, Chemung river ...
, built in 1897.
* Pettebone Gymnasium,
Wyoming Seminary,
Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1898.
* First National Bank, Public Square,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed in 1906.
[''Pittston Gazette'' (Pittston, Pennsylvania), October 13, 1905, page 10.]
Gallery
Hutchinson Residence, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York.jpg, Hutchinson Residence, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard/East New Yo ...
, New York, built about 1886.
1887 AH KIPP Puritan Church Wilkes-Barre PA.jpg, Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed about 1887.
Nelson Memorial.jpg, Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, completed 1887.
Wyoming Seminary tower LuzCo PA.JPG, Nelson Memorial, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, photographed in 2013.
M. E. Church Dallas PA.jpg, Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed 1889.
Plymouth_PA_Armory_1898.jpg, Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, completed 1891.
Spalding_Memorial_Library-Tioga_Point_Museum_Nov_09.jpg, Spalding Memorial Library, Athens, Pennsylvania
Athens is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located south of the New York (state), New York state line on the Susquehanna River, Susquehanna and Chemung River, Chemung river ...
, completed 1897.
Pettibone Gymnasium Kingston PA.jpg, Pettibone Gymnasium, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built 1898.
References
External links
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Architects from Pennsylvania
19th-century American architects
1850 births
1906 deaths