Woodruff Leeming,

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, (July 14, 1870 – November 20, 1919) was an American architect who practiced in the New York area.Woodruff Leeming, AIA
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Biography

Born July 14, 1870, in Quincy, Illinois, he first trained at

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, and later the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. Early experience included working on the plans for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York (probably with

Heins & LaFarge Heins & LaFarge was a New York-based architectural firm composed of the Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were respons ...

) before studying in Paris. Upon his return to America, he opened his own office. He served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, joining as a major and later entering the Army Reserve Corps with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married Esther Howard on November 6, 1899, and they had four children. He resided in

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, where he died on November 20, 1919.

Works

He designed the 1893 rectory for the

South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory The South Congregational Church is a former Congregational and United Church of Christ church building complex located on the intersection of Court and President Streets in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City. The complex consisting of a chur ...

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, which is now a New York City Landmark. Andrew S. Dolkhart
“Designation List 153: “South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory,”
(New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982), p.1-4.

References

1870 births 1919 deaths People from Quincy, Illinois Architects from New York City Architecture firms based in New York City American military personnel of World War I 20th-century American architects Architects from Illinois Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{US-architect-stub