Albert Hamilton Kipp Explained
| Albert Hamilton Kipp |
| Birth Date: | 14 November 1850 |
| Birth Place: | New York, New York |
| Death Place: | Dallas, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Sarah Jennie Scott |
| Parents: | Albert A. Kipp and Mary F. Lunderbilt |
Albert Hamilton Kipp (November 14, 1850 – May 22, 1906) was an architect from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Career
Albert Hamilton Kipp was born in New York City on November 14, 1850,[1] but grew up at Mount Pleasant, New York where his step-father, Elijah Bird, worked as a carpenter.[2]
Kipp worked for a few years in New York for James Renwick, before moving to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in June 1886. He joined forces with Thomas Podmore in December 1886 to form the architecture firm Kipp & Podmore,[3] but the firm dissolved by mutual consent at the end of 1891.[4]
Kipp died at Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1906, and was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Principal architectural works
- E. B. Hutchinson Residence, 847 Prospect Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, built about 1886.[5]
- Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed 1887.[6]
- Nelson Memorial Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1887 — as Kipp & Podmore.[7]
- Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Pennsylvania, completed in 1889 — as Kipp & Podmore.[8]
- Armory, Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.[9]
- State Street School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, built in 1891 — as Kipp & Podmore.[10]
- Spalding Library, Athens, Pennsylvania, built in 1897.
- Pettebone Gymnasium, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, built in 1898.[11]
- First National Bank, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, completed in 1906.[12]
Notes and References
- S.R. Smith. The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century (Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Leader Print, 1894).
- 1870 US Census, Mt. Pleasant, NY.
- Wilkes-Barre Record, December 25, 1886, page 1,
- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, December 26, 1891, page 4.
- NYC Landmarks Commission, Crown Heights North Historic District II, Designation Report, June 28, 2011.
- American Architecture and Building News, July 1887.
- The Sunday Leader, September 11, 1887, page 8.
- Wilkes-Barre Record, June 1, 1939, page 4.
- Sunday News, June 8, 1890, page 3.
- The Plymouth Tribune, October 16, 1891, page 8.
- The Scranton Tribune, March 2, 1898, page 6.
- Pittston Gazette (Pittston, Pennsylvania), October 13, 1905, page 10.
