Eliot Butler Willauer,

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, (April 4, 1912 – February 6, 1972) was an American architect active in mid-twentieth-century

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, he was a principal in the architectural firm of Tachau & Vought, the successor firm to Pitcher & Tachau.Nancy L. Tod

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(May 20, 1946)Office for Metropolitan History

"Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (21 Feb 2010) He went on to a career as an associate with the firm of

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Personal life

Willauer was born April 4, 1912, in

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, and attended

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, graduating in 1930. He earned his

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and

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from

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in 1934 and 1937 (from the Graduate School of Architecture), respectively. Willauer was married on May 27, 1938. He had two children and was residing on Tar Rock Road,

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, in 1955. He was associated with

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(1906–1962)

Career

Willauer worked as a draftsman in the firm of Louis E. Jallade from 1937 to 1938. He joined Tachau and Vought in 1938, serving as a junior draftsman and associate, being certified as an architect in 1940, before leaving in 1941 to work for a year as a draftsman in

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. Between 1942 and 1945, he worked as a draftsman in the firm of

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. He rejoined Tachau and Vought in 1945 as a junior associate but left in 1946. He was a member of the

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from 1955, and registered as an architect in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He joined the large architectural firm of

as project manager in 1946.American Architect Directory: 1956'' First Edition.(R.R. Bowker LLC., 1955), p.606American Architect Directory: 1962'' Second Editio

(R.R. Bowker LLC., 1961), p.763 By 1970, he retained his work address at 100 E. 42nd St, New York, N.Y. 10017 but did not specify his architectural firm, which had previously been listed Eggers & Higgins at the same address.American Architect Directory: 1970''. Third Editio

(R.R. Bowker LLC., 1969), p.993

Works

*Addition to the Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. (with J. George Stewart) * Martin Van Buren High School (Queens, New York) (1955)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Willauer, Eliot Butler 1912 births 1972 deaths Phillips Exeter Academy alumni People from Rye, New York People from Westport, Connecticut Architects from New York City 20th-century American architects Princeton University School of Architecture alumni