Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker was a prestigious New York architectural firm.
The firm had an illustrious heritage, the parent company being founded in New York City by
Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz
Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz (July 27, 1853 – October 5, 1921) was an American architect best known for designing One Times Square, the former New York Times Building on Times Square. He is founder of the architecture firm presently known as ...
in 1885. In 1900 he added partner Andrew C. McKenzie and when Eidlitz left the firm in 1910 he was replaced by
Stephen F. Voorhees (1878–1965) and Paul Gmelin. Following McKenzie's death in 1926
Ralph Walker, who had been employed for several years with the company, was added as a partner and the name was changed to Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker. In 1938, reflecting new changes in the partnership, the name was changed to Voorhees, Walker, Foley and Smith, and in 1955 to Voorhes, Walker, Smith and Smith. Mr. Voorhees held a senior partner position until January 1959, when he became a consultant.
Following Perry Coke Smith's retirement in 1968, the firm's name was changed to Haines Lundberg Waehler, and in its current form is known today as
HLW.
The firm was well known for its
Art Deco
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buildings.
Notable commissions
The following are all in
New York City
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unless otherwise noted:
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Justice Court Building,
Glen Cove, New York
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Barclay-Vesey Building
The Verizon Building (also known as 100 Barclay, the Barclay–Vesey Building, and the New York Telephone Company Building) is an office and residential building at 140 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The 32-story building was d ...
, 1920–1926
* 340 West 55th Street, originally the
National Bible Institute School and Dormitory, 1922-1924
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New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building,
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[Times Square Building
The Times Square Building, formerly the Times Building, is a registered landmark building in Seattle, Washington. It was completed in 1916 and housed editorial operations of the ''Seattle Times'' newspaper, which was housed there until 1930. Loca ...]
,
Rochester, New York
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, 1929
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60 Hudson Street, 1930
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1 Wall Street
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(Irving Trust Company Building) 1932
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32 Avenue of the Americas
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, 1932
* The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium inside
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1954
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building, Washington, D.C.
References
* Wilson, Richard Guy, ''The AIA Gold Medal'', McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1984 p 184-185
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Defunct architecture firms based in New York City
1885 establishments in New York (state)