Hugh Lamb (ca. 1850-1903) and Charles Alonzo Rich (ca. 1850-1943) were partners in the

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firm of Lamb & Rich, which operated from 1880 to 1899.The firm was preceded by the firm of Lamb & Wheeler (1877–1881) and succeeded by the firms of Charles A. Rich, Architect (1899–1916), Rich & Mathesius (1916–1928), and Rich, Mathesius & Koyl (1928–1932). Both were born about 1850. Lamb was a native of Scotland; Rich was born in

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, and attended

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. Not much is known of their training, but various sources indicate that Lamb generally handled the firm's business side and Rich was the designer. Most of the firm's projects were located within commuting distance of Manhattan, with a cluster in

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, especially at

. Art historian Vincent J. Scully Jr. noted the vitality of their designs in his 1971 book, ''The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design From Richardson to the Origins of Wright'' (Yale University Press, 1955, revised 1971). One of their earliest commissions was Henderson Place, a tight-knit group of two dozen houses built in 1882 and located at 86th Street and East End Avenue in Manhattan. They also designed: * Sagamore Hill (20 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, New York. Completed 1885.

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's country house * ''

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'', E. 125th St. & Park Ave., New York, NY (1883) - Mostly demolished and reconstructed * Main Building at

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in Brooklyn (1887). Victorian Renaissance revival style *

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(commissioned by Charles Pratt-built 1885/86) at 184 Franklin St. in

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(national register #82001178). Queen Anne style * Frank Babbott house at 153 Lincoln Place in

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* Milbank Hall,

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, New York, NY (1896–98) * John M. Greene Hall at Smith College in Northampton,

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* "Copshaholm," James Oliver's house in

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. * ''Germania Fire Insurance Co. Building'', 62 William St., New York, NY (1891) * '' Claremont Town Hall'', 58 Opera House Sq., Claremont, NH (1895–97) - The City Hall since 1947.Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., ''New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide'' (1979):169

References

Sources

*Scott Meacham
''Lamb & Rich, Architects, and Related Firms: Buildings and Projects, 1877-1932''
(2013) ''Dartmo.com'' website

''New York Architecture'' website

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb And Rich Architecture firms of the United States