James Brite (September 13, 1864''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925'' – February 6, 1942) was an American architect.
Early life
James Brite was born in
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the the son of George W. Brite and Mary Richardson.https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2442-Y7X In 1870, his father was a farmer, living at New Land Township, Pasquotank County, and James was the second of five children, and the eldest son.
Career
Brite worked for
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm that came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York. The firm's founding partners Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), Wil ...
(MMW) in New York City, one of the best-known architectural firms of its time. In 1897, together with
Henry Bacon
Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who is best remembered for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (built 1915–1922), which was his final project.
Education and early career
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, they left to form Brite and Bacon Architects.
Brite designed ''The Braes'' at
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City, city in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island. At the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 28,365 as of th ...
, for the businessman
Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert Lee Pratt (November 21, 1871 – February 3, 1945) was an American businessman and a leading figure in the United States oil industry. In 1923, he became head of Standard Oil of New York; his father Charles Pratt was a founder of Astr ...
.
Brite was the architect of ''Darlington'', a 45,000 square feet house at
Mahwah, New Jersey
Mahwah is the northernmost and largest municipality by geographic area () in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population of the township was 25,487, a decline of 403 from the 25,890 counted in the ...
On 18 April 1891, Brite married Aimée Kindersley Douglas (1868–1951), the daughter of Nathaniel B. Kindersley and Hamilton Douglas, in Manhattan.
Brite died on February 6, 1942, at
Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
Howey-In-The-Hills is a town in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2010 census and an estimated 1,175 in 2018. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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