Theodore de Lemos (1850,

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– 12 April 1909,

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), son of Hermann and Maria Grothe De Lemos of Holstein, was an

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. He graduated with honors from the Berlin Royal Academy of Buildings, and was famous for his designs in three countries,

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, and the United States. In 1881, de Lemos left Germany and settled in New York, where he married Margaretta Becker and had a daughter, Marie Katherine. He died in April 1909 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in

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, New York City.

Works

*1870s–1881 German Army buildings. *1883

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(completing for

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, built in 1893 on Lexington Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets () and demolished by 1913 to make way for the Grand Central development after it had served as a temporary station during the

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. **1894 The Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Bank Building at 27 Pine Street in New York City () **1901–1902

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department store, between 151 West and 34th Streets in

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, New York City (); added to the

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as a

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in 1978.
**Arion Club House, between 59th Street and Park Avenue in New York City () ** Siegel-Cooper Company

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, at the corner of West 19th Street and Sixth Avenue in New York City () **New York County National Bank building. ** Speyer & Co. Bank building. *

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building in

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, Mexico. *Boça building in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Office building and factory for Mr. A. Trenkmann, New York City, 1890-1895
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