Albert W. Fuller Explained

Albert W. Fuller
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	1854
Birth Place:	Clinton, New York
Death Date:	1934
Death Place:	Albany, New York

Albert W. Fuller (1854-1934) was an American architect practicing in Albany, New York.

Life and career

Fuller was born in the town of Clinton, New York. From 1873 to 1879 he trained as a draftsman in the office of Albany architects Ogden & Wright. He then opened his own office. In 1883 he formed a partnership with William A. Wheeler, a native Albanian who had studied under Boston architects. This firm lasted until 1897. He practiced alone until 1900, when he formed a partnership with William B. Pitcher (1864–1921), a former draftsman of Fuller's. The firm was incorporated in January 1906,^[1] and Pitcher retired in 1909, due to poor health.^[2] Fuller then established a partnership with William P. Robinson.^[3]

The firm lasted until 1934, with Fuller's death. Fuller died in his office, while resting from his work. His death was attributed to heart disease.^[4]

Architectural works

Albert W. Fuller, 1879–1883

• 1881 - George W. van Slyke House, 756 Madison Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1882 - Albany County Bank Building, 6 South Pearl Street, Albany, New York
  • Demolished in 1927.
• 1882 - Charles B. Kountze House, 225 East 16th Avenue, Denver, Colorado^[5]
  • Demolished in 1963.
• 1883 - Albany Safe Deposit and Storage Building, 60 Maiden Lane, Albany, New York
  • Demolished.
• 1883 - Frederick Haslett House, 87 Main Street, Fort Plain, New York

Fuller & Wheeler, 1883–1897

• 1885 - Edward Ellis House, 215 Union Street, Schenectady, New York^[6]
• 1885 - Horace G. Young House, 425 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1886 - Hampton B. Denman House, 1623 16th St NW, Washington, DC^[7]
• 1886 - Henry C. Pierce House, 40 Vandeventer Place St. Louis, Missouri^[8]
  • Demolished. Vendeventer Place no longer exists.
• 1886 - Delaware & Hudson Station, Bridge Street, Plattsburgh, New York^[9]
• 1886 - Y. M. C. A. Building, 62 N Pearl Street, Albany, New York
• 1887 - Academy of Music, 82 Broadway, Newburgh, New York^[10]
  • Later the Academy Theatre. Demolished.
• 1887 - Auburn High School, Genesee Street, Auburn, New York^[11]
  • Demolished.
• 1887 - Zenas Crane House (Willow Brook), 30 Main Street, Dalton, Massachusetts^[12]
  • Demolished.
• 1887 - Hoosick Falls M. E. Church, 130 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, New York^[10]
• 1888 - Louis D. Collins House (Belhurst), 4069 Route 14, Geneva, New York
• 1888 - Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York^[13]
• 1888 - Harmanus Bleecker Hall, 161 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York^[14]
  • Burned in 1940.
• 1888 - Delaware & Hudson Station, 20 Park Place Port Henry, New York
• 1889 - Edward McKinney House, 391 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1889 - Normal Hall, Plattsburgh Normal School, Plattsburgh, New York^[15]
  • Burned in 1929.
• 1889 - Silliman (Couper) Hall, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York^[16]
• 1889 - Y. M. C. A Building, 1155 Rue Metcalfe, Montreal, Quebec^[17]
  • Demolished.
• 1889 - Y. M. C. A. Building, Main and Court Streets, New Britain, Connecticut^{[10] [18]}
  • Demolished.
• 1890- Andrew S. Baker House, 129 South Lake Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1890 - Public School No. 10, 250 Central Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1890 - Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Monument Square, Troy, New York
• 1891 - 4th Precinct Police Station, 419 Madison Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1891 - Alden Chester House, 139 South Lake Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1891 - Hudson River Telephone Building, Maiden Lane and Chapel Street, Albany, New York^[19]
  • Demolished.
• 1892 - Iliff Hall, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado^[20]
• 1892 - Montgomery County Courthouse, 58 Broadway, Fonda, New York^[21]
• 1893 - Auditorium, Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Massachusetts^[22]
• 1893 - Convention Hall, 268 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York^[23]
  • Demolished.
• 1893 - Henry W. Warren House (Fitzroy Place), 2160 South Cook Street, Denver, Colorado
• 1893 - Public School No. 6, 105 2nd Street, Albany, New York
  • Demolished.
• 1893 - Public School No. 24, Delaware and Madison Avenues, Albany, New York
  • Demolished.
• 1894 - DeGraaf Building, 23 S Pearl Street, Albany, New York^[24]
  • Demolished.
• 1894 - Forest Presbyterian Church, 4019 Center Street, Lyons Falls, New York
• 1894 - Normal Hall, Oneonta Normal School, Oneonta, New York^[25]
  • Demolished in 1977.
• 1895 - Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House, Union College, Schenectady, New York
  • Now the college's Grant Hall.
• 1895 - Masonic Temple, 67 Corning Place, Albany, New York^[26]
• 1895 - Rectory for St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 107 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1895 - Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church, Mohawk and Seneca Streets, Cohoes, New York^[27]
  • Demolished in 1998.
• 1896 - Home Savings Bank Building, 13 North Pearl Street, Albany, New York^[28]
  • Demolished.
• 1897 - Albany Hospital, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York^[29]
  • Demolished.

Albert W. Fuller, 1897–1900

• 1897 - Moody Memorial Chapel, Mount Hermon School, Gill, Massachusetts^[30]
• 1898 - Centennial Hall, 7 Pine Street, Albany, New York
  • The former school and convent of St. Mary's R. C. Church.
• 1898 - George T. Fulford House (Fulford Place), 287 King Street East, Brockville, Ontario^[31]
• 1898 - Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Building, 506 Spruce Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania^[32]
  • Demolished.
• 1898 - Watervliet High School, 1408-1412 4th Avenue, Watervliet, New York^[33]
  • Demolished.
• 1899 - Mechanicville M. E. Church, 7 North Main Street, Mechanicville, New York^[34]
• 1899 - Union Free School, 7 Stewart Farrar Avenue, Warrensburg, New York^[35]
  • Demolished.
• 1900 - Richards Library, 36 Elm Street, Warrensburg, New York^[36]

Fuller & Pitcher, 1900–1905

• 1900 - Glens Falls City Hall, 42 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, New York^[37]
• 1900 - Public Bath No. 1, 665 Broadway, Albany, New York^[38]
  • Demolished.
• 1901 - Charles Gibson and William J. Walker Houses, 415-417 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1901 - Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital, 1201 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia^[39]
• 1901 - James McCredie House, 403 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1901 - Public School No. 12, 27 Western Avenue, Albany, New York^[40]
• 1901 - Trinity Episcopal Church, 1336 1st Avenue, Watervliet, New York^[41]
• 1902 - Amsterdam Free Library, 28 Church Street, Amsterdam, New York^[42]
• 1902 - Gordius H. P. Gould House, Main Street, Lyons Falls, New York
• 1902 - Guy Park Avenue School, 300 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, New York^[43]
• 1902 - Johnstown Public Library, 38 South Market Street, Johnstown, New York^[42]
• 1903 - Hackley Hospital, 1700 Clinton Street, Muskegon, Michigan^[44]
  • Demolished.
• 1904 - Ellis Hospital, 1101 Nott Street, Schenectady, New York^[45]
• 1904 - Y. M. C. A. Building (former), 2101 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California^[46]
• 1905 - Wellington Hotel, 136 State Street, Albany, New York^[47]

Fuller & Pitcher Company, 1906–1909

• 1906 - Albany Institute and Historical Art Society, 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York^[48]
• 1906 - Manufacturers Bank Building, 91 Remsen Street, Cohoes, New York^[48]
• 1907 - Masonic Hall, 2 Russell Avenue, Ravena, New York^[49]
• 1909 - Engineering Building (Reamer Campus Center), Union College, Schenectady, New York^[50]
• 1909 - Johnstown High School, West Montgomery & South Market Streets, Johnstown, New York^[51]
  • Demolished.

Fuller & Robinson Company, 1909–1934

• 1910 - Watervliet High School, 14th Street, Watervliet, New York^[52]
  • now the Watervliet Civic Center.
• 1912 - Berkshire Hotel, 140 State Street, Albany, New York
• 1912 - Herkimer High School, 435 North Bellinger Street, Herkimer, New York^[53]
• 1913 - Ilion High School, Weber Avenue, Ilion, New York^[54]
  • Burned in 1963.
• 1913 - Union Free School, Cemetery Road, New Lebanon, New York
  • Demolished in 2012.
• 1913 - Masonic Temple, 48 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York^[55]
• 1915 - Kinney & Woodward Building, 74 State Street, Albany, New York^[56]
• 1916 - Fair Haven Grade School, 115 N Main Street, Fair Haven, Vermont^[57]
• 1917 - First Congregational Church, 405 Quail Street, Albany, New York^[58]
• 1917 - Public School No. 19, 395 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York^[59]
• 1921 - Bay Shore High School, 155 3rd Avenue, Bay Shore, New York^[60]
• 1922 - North School, 217 North Washington Street, Herkimer, New York^[61]
• 1923 - Albany Hardware and Iron Building, 139 Broadway, Albany, New York^[62]
• 1923 - Harmanus Bleecker Library, 19 Dove Street, Albany, New York
• 1924 - University Club, 141 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York
• 1925 - Gates B. Aufsessor House, 570 Providence Street, Albany, New York
• 1927 - Walter A. Wood High School, Eberle Way, Hoosick Falls, New York^[63]
  • Demolished in 1968.
• 1928 - Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York^[64]
• 1929 - Franklin Academy (former), 15 Francis Street, Malone, New York^[65]
  • Now the Malone Middle School.
• 1931 - Bethlehem Central High School, 332 Kenwood Avenue, Delmar, New York^[66]

Published works

• Artistic Homes in City and Country, 1882. Reissued five times between 1882 and 1891.

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