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American architectural firm
Davis, McGrath & Kiessling was an
architecture firm formed as a partnership of Herbert E. Davis , Dudley McGrath and Calvin Kiessling (previously Davis & Shepard and Davis, McGrath & Shepard ),
[1] that was active between 1910 and 1921. The New York firm specialized in design of homes and public buildings on the
East Coast of the United States , with an emphasis on the "
Italian Renaissance Revival " and "
Jacobethan Revival " styles. A number of its works are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places .
History
The New York firm of Davis, McGrath and Kiessling existed as a partnership from 1910 until 1921 and located at 175
Fifth Avenue (in the
Flatiron Building ).
[2] Herbert E. Davis, who was born in
Newark , was a graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was resident of
Glen Ridge from 1910 until 1929 and designed numerous houses in Glen Ridge and
Montclair .
[3] Dudley McGrath, a Brooklyn native who attended
Columbia University , was an active member of the New York chapter of the
American Institute of Architects and was well known in the field of residential design until his death in 1922.
[1] Calvin Kiessling, who was born in Boston and began his career with
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge , left the firm in 1921 and moved to
New Canaan, Connecticut , where he was credited with initiating the use of
Colonial Revival architecture in the New Canaan business district.
[4]
[5] Prior to their partnership, Kiessling designed a number of
Carnegie libraries , including the
Colorado Springs Public Library (extant) and the
Davenport Public Library (demolished in 1966, and replaced by a library designed by
Edward Durell Stone ).
[6]
[7]
Structures
Industrial Savings Bank Building , 2014
The following is a list of structures designed by the firm, ordered by state and locality:
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Liberty School, Englewood
Kearny Public Library , Kearny
Kearny Town Hall, Kearny
Englewood :
Liberty School (12 Tenafly Rd.), 1902 (as Herbert C. Davis)
[10]
[a]
Highwood Firehouse (as Davis & Shepard)
[14]
Nordhoff Firehouse (as Davis & Shepard)
[14]
Dan Fellows Platt House (200 Booth Ave.),
c. 1909
[15]
Gaines House (251 Linden Ave.), 1909
[13]
F. M. Burr House (140 S. Woodland St.),
c. 1916
[16]
H. N. Flanagan House (280 Mountain Rd.),
c. 1916
[17]
William M. Probst House (300 Linden Ave.)
[13]
Henry W. Blake House (377 Walnut St.)
[13]
[18]
Benjamin F. Reinmund House (104 N. Woodland St.)
[13]
Lewis D. Mowry (184 Dwight Pl.)
[13]
[19]
Arthur Johnson House (256 Lydecker St.), 1916
[13]
A. J. Post House (64-72 Dwight Pl.)
[13]
William M. Probst House (83 Linden Ave.)
[13]
[b]
South Orange :
Clarence Bonynge House,
c. 1916 (NRHP-district contributing property)
[30]
John McElroy House,
c. 1916 (NRHP-district contributing property)
[31]
[32]
New York
References
Notes
^ Today, the Liberty School is known as the Russell C. Major Liberty School, and houses the administrative offices of the
Englewood Public School District .
[11] The building, however, is being proposed as a magnate school to be known as the Liberty School for the Arts.
[12]
[13]
^ The second house designed for William A. Probst, this residence was praised in
Aymar Embury II 's 1909 book One Hundred Country Houses .
[20]
[21]
Sources
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"Dudley McGrath" . Journal of the American Institute of Architects .
American Institute of Architects : 402. 1922. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"Res" . The American Contractor . F. W. Dodge Corporation: 50. 1916. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"HERBERT E. DAVIS" .
The New York Times . 28 May 1947. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
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b
"NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HISTORIC PRESERVATION SECTION INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY FORM" . npgallery.nps.gov .
National Park Service . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (23 March 1947).
"MRS. CALVIN KIESSLING; Architect's Wife, Descendant of Gurdon Saltonstall, Dies at 73" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
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b Times, Special to The New York (2 July 1956).
"CALVIN KIESSLING, RETIRED ARCHITECT" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"Explore Our History" . www.davenportlibrary.com .
Davenport Public Library . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"House in Brookline Mass by Davis, McGrath & Kiessling, Architects" .
The American Architect . XCIX (1849). May 31, 1911. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ Janet L. Kreger (March 1, 1979),
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM: Applewood
^
"Liberty School, Englewood, NJ, 1909, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
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^ Shkolnikova, Svetlana (March 6, 2018).
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"About / History | Liberty School for the Arts" . www.libertyschoolforthearts.org . Liberty School. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
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b Sterling, Adaline Wheelock (1922).
The Book of Englewood . Mayor and council of the city of Englewood, N.J. p. 212. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"House of Dan Fellows Platt, ESQ, Englewood, NJ, 1909, Messrs. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
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"F.M. Burr House, Englewood, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"H.N. Flanagan House, Englewood, NJ, Davis, 1916, Lithograph. McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"H.W. BLAKE DEAD; TRADE JOURNALIST; Senior Editor of Electric Railway Journal, 63, Was anElectrical Engineer.WAS ON HORSE-CAR PAPERIt Went Over to Trolley Field in1908--He Was Associate Memberof World Tramways Union" .
The New York Times . 21 May 1929. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (25 March 1933).
"ISABELLE GWYNNE IS MARRIED AT RYE; Becomes Bride of L. D. Mowry Jr. at Bayberry Cove, the Home of Her Parents. SISTER IS HONOR MATRON Bayard 'V. Read Is Best Man for Mr. Mowry--Couple to Live in Englewood" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ Embury, Aymar (1909).
One Hundred Country Houses: Modern American Examples . The Century Company. p.
4 . One Hundred Country Houses.
^
"Review of One Hundred Country Houses: Modern American Examples by Aymar Embury, II" . Princeton Alumni Weekly . 16 (20): 461. February 23, 1916.
^
"House of H.W. Crowell, Esq., Glenridge, NJ, 1909, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"Residence of Mr. H.M. Edwards, Glen Ridge, NJ, 1911, Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"Glen Ridge Country Club, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
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"Architectural Criticism" .
Architecture . XXIII . C. Scribner's Sons: 2–3. January 15, 1911. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ Congress, United States (1970).
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress .
U.S. Government Printing Office . p. 44181. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ Hipp, Jessie M.
Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Kearny Town Hall
Archived April 5, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , Town of Kearny, November 1984. Accessed October 27, 2011.
^
Bulletin of the American Institute of Architects . 1910. p. 85. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^ Herman, Jennifer (1 January 2008).
New Jersey Encyclopedia . State History Publications. p. 283.
ISBN
978-1-878592-44-6 . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"C. Bonynge House, South Orange, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis/McGrath/Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 3 June 2024 .
^
"John McElroy House, South Orange, NJ, 1916, Lithograph. Davis/McGrath/Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 3 June 2024 .
^
"The Modern Colonial House" . The Craftsman . United Crafts: 68. 1913. Retrieved 3 June 2024 .
^
"Churches, Chapels and Cathedrals" . Bulletin of the American Institute of Architects .
American Institute of Architects : 65. 1910. Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
^
"A.H. Thorndike, Esq, Riverdale, NY, 1916, Lithograph. Davis, McGrath & Kiessling" . www.stcroixarchitecture.com . Retrieved 4 June 2024 .
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