William Holmes Cookman (1867–1950) was an American architect who was a staff architect and engineer of the

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from about 1894 to the 1930s. Cookman graduated from the

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in 1887. He was listed in

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city directories as a salesman or an artist from 1887 to 1890, and from 1891 to 1893 as a draftsman. From 1894 through 1930 he was listed as an architect. He began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad by 1901. He became a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1912. Cookman was a member of the

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, and served on the Association's Standing Committee VI. Buildings in 1914.

Works

* Chester Station, 6th & Welsh Streets,

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, 1903 *

Station,

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, 1911 * Greensburg Station, Harrison Avenue and Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg,

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,1912 *Pennsylvania Railroad

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, Philadelphia (remodel, 1912) *

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station and office building,

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, Edmondson Avenue at North Bentalou Street, Baltimore, Maryland *

Chelten Avenue Station, Chelten Avenue and Pulaski Street,

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,1918, demolished and replaced 1958 *

Station,

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, 1925 *

South Philadelphia Perishable Products Terminal Building, Oregon and South Delaware Avenues,

South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south and the Schuylkill River to the west.19th-century American architects American railway architects Pennsylvania Railroad people 20th-century American architects University of Pennsylvania alumni 1867 births 1950 deaths