Albert Wagner (architect) explained

Albert Wagner
Significant Buildings:	Puck Building
Birth Place:	Poessneck, Germany
Birth Date:	14 March 1848
Alma Mater:	Polytechnic of Stuffgart and Munich Academy
Death Place:	New York

Albert Wagner (March 14, 1848 – August 24, 1898) was an architect from Germany who worked in New York City. Born in Poessneck, Germany, he moved to New York in 1871.^[1] He designed the Puck Building, expanded years later according to designs by his relative Herman Wagner. The building housed Puck magazine. Wagner also designed 140 Franklin Street (1887), a building later converted to lofts, and 134–136 Spring Street, where clothing businesses were housed.^[2] He used terra cotta, Romanesque style stone and brickwork, and ornate ironwork in his buildings.

Wagner's office was at 67 University Place.^[3] He had a son named Frederick Lewis Wagner.^[4] Wagner died in on August 24, 1898 in New York.^[5]

Work

• Puck Building bounded by West Houston Street, Mulberry Street, Jersey Street and Lafayette Street
• 140 Franklin Street^[6]
• Storage Building 260-266 West 36th Street.^[7]
• 134 Spring Street (1896), in the Soho - Cast Iron Historic District
• 53–55 Elizabeth Street, a 7-story Philadelphia face brick and iron building for Phillip Stroebel & Sons.^[8]
• 233–236 East 59th Street renovation^[9]
• "Down Town Power House" cable station, Bayard Street and Bowery to Elizabeth Street, a Third Avenue Railroad Company project^[3]
• Ludwig Baumann & Company Building, West 35th Street & 8th Avenue (1897)^[10]

Notes and References

1. Book: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Derby. George. White. James Terry. 1896. James T White * Company. VI. 461. en.
2. Web site: Daytonian in Manhattan: Albert Wagner's 134–136 Spring Street. Tom. Miller. April 21, 2017.
3. Web site: New York Supreme Court Case on Appeal Mary Braine Against Julie Rosswog. September 15, 1896. Google Books.
4. Web site: The Iron Age. September 15, 1911. Chilton Company. Google Books.
5. Book: Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer. Meyer. Henry Coddington. Wingate. Charles Frederick. June–November 1898. McGraw Publishing Company. XXXVIII. 289. en.
6. 67.
7. Web site: The Brickbuilder. September 15, 1896. Rogers and Manson Company. Google Books.
8. Web site: The Manufacturer and Builder. September 15, 1883. Western. Google Books.
9. Web site: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide. September 15, 1896. F. W. Dodge Corporation. Google Books.
10. Web site: Miller . Tom . 2014-12-13 . Daytonian in Manhattan: The Ludwig Baumann Bldg – Nos. 260–266 West 36th St . Daytonian in Manhattan.