Green & Wicks was an architectural firm of

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Edward Brodhead Green was an 1878 graduate of

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's College of Architecture, and designed a number of buildings which made up Cornell's Agriculture Quadrangle, including Bailey Hall (1912), Caldwell Hall (1913), the Computing and Communications Center (1912, originally known as Comstock Hall), Fernow Hall (1915), and the original Roberts Hall (1906, demolished 1990). Green's best-known commissions were designed with his partner William Sydney Wicks (1854–1917), as Green & Wicks. The firm's chronology is: *1884: Green & Wicks founded *1917: Renamed E.B. Green & Son *1933: Renamed E. B Green after his son's death *1936: Renamed Green & James *1945: Renamed Green, James & Meadows *1950: Renamed James & Meadows after Green's death *1952: Renamed James, Meadows & Howard *1971: Firm dissolved The firm's records survive in the library collections of the

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. A number of their works are listed on the U.S.

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Notable works of the Green & Wicks architectural firm include: * Albright-Knox Art Gallery * Albright Memorial Building, N. Washington Ave. and Vine St. Scranton, PA (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed *

American Radiator Company Factory Complex American Radiator Company Factory Complex, also known as the Pierce Plant, American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Stamping Plant, Institute of Thermal Research, Equipment Plant, and Malleable Foundry, is a historic factory complex located in Buffal ...

, Buffalo, NY, NRHP-listed * Bailey Hall,

, 1912, NRHP-listed *Buffalo Crematorium Company, 901 W Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY *

Birge-Horton House Birge-Horton House is a historic home located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was designed in 1895 by the Buffalo architectural firm of Green and Wicks and is a Georgian Revival style row house in "The Midway" section of Delaware Avenu ...

, 477 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY (Green and Wicks), NRHP-listed * Brick Presbyterian Church, 6 Church St. Perry, NY (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed *Brost Building (c. 1935) in the Broadway Historic District, Lancaster, New York * Buffalo Athletic Club *

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Building * Caldwell Hall, Cornell University campus

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(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed * Charles W. Goodyear House, Buffalo, NY *

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*Dun Building, 110 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY *D.S. Morgan building, (destroyed), Buffalo, NY *

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* Fernow Hall, Cornell University campus

(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed *

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, now known as "Swan Tower", 284 Main Street, Buffalo, NY * Kibler High School, 284 Main St., Tonawanda, New York *

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, 1913 *Market Arcade Building, 617 Main St, Buffalo, NY * Old West End District, Roughly bounded by Delaware, Collingwood, and Glenwood Aves. and Grove Pl. Toledo, OH (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed *

Ransom School "Pagoda" The Ransom Everglades School "Pagoda" is a historic school building in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida. It is located at 3575 Main Highway. On July 25, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as the Ransom School "Pagod ...

, 3575 Main Hwy. Miami, FL (Greene & Wicks), NRHP-listed * South Park High School * Stephen Merrell Clement House, 1913, 786 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY, Extant as the Red Cross Building *St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum, 1313 Main St. Buffalo, NY *University Club Building (Buffalo) *

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* Watson-Curtze Mansion, 356 W. 6th St. Erie, PA (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed * Wing Hall, Cornell University campus

(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed * Young Men's Christian Association Central Building, 45 W. Mohawk St. Buffalo, NY (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed Notable works of the E.B. Green and Sons architectural firm include: *Abbot Hall / Lockwood Memorial Library, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1933 *Crosby Hall, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1931 *

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, 535 Washington St. Buffalo, NY, NRHP-listed *

Michael J. Dillon Memorial United States Courthouse The City of Buffalo Police and Fire Headquarters at the Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse Building is the headquarters for the Buffalo Fire Department and Buffalo Police Department and serves as a public safety building. The building had previou ...

, 68 Court Street, Buffalo NY * Garret Club, 91 Cleveland Ave., Buffalo, NY, 1929 Notable works of the Green & James architectural firm include: *

Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, colloquially known as The Aud, was a multipurpose indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York. Opened on October 14, 1940, it was home to the Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA), the Buffalo Bisons ( AHL), the Buffalo Biso ...

, (destroyed), Buffalo NY *Parker Hall, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1945

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File:Main Seneca Building.JPG, The Marin File:Buffalo savingsbank.JPG,

File:Swan tower.JPG, Swan Tower File:Dun building.jpg, Dun building File:Buffalo Crematorium Co.jpg, Buffalo Crematorium File:ElectricTower 2010-11-08.jpg, Electric Tower File:UBsouth campus wide shot.jpg, Crosby Hall File:Health and sciences library shot 1.jpg, Abbot Hall File:Buffalo Athletic Club.jpg, Buffalo Athletic Club File:Twentieth Century Club Buffalo NY Nov 10.JPG, Twentieth Century Club File:20090412 Birge-Horton House.JPG,

File:Brick Presbyterian Church Perry NY Jan 10.jpg, Brick Presbyterian Church File:Kibler High Dec 09.JPG, Kibler High School File:Dayton art institute exterior evening 2005.jpg,

File:Albright Art Gallery 1913.jpg, Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1913 File:Albright Memorial Library 3.jpg, Albright Memorial Building File:Watson-Curtze Mansion 02.jpg, Watson-Curtze Mansion

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