Alfred T. Fellheimer Explained

Alfred T. Fellheimer (March 9, 1875 – 1959) was an American architect. He began his career with Reed & Stem, where he was lead architect for Grand Central Terminal. Beginning in 1928, his firm Fellheimer & Wagner designed Cincinnati Union Terminal.

Biography

Felheimer was born in Chicago.[1] He graduated in 1895 from the University of Illinois School of Architecture where he had studied with Nathan Clifford Ricker.

In 1898, he joined the firm of Frost & Granger. In 1903 he joined Reed and Stem. As a junior partner he was lead architect in Reed & Stem's partnership with Warren and Wetmore to design Grand Central Terminal during its construction, starting in 1903. Following the death of Charles Reed in 1911 he became a named partner of Stem & Fellheimer which designed Union Station (Utica, New York) in 1913. The firm became Fellheimer & Long with Allen H. Stem Associated Architects in 1914 and designed the Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) in the Bronx.[2] [3]

In 1923 he and an associate, Steward Wagner, from the earlier firm formed Fellheimer & Wagner and designed the Union Station in Erie, Pennsylvania. The firm completed the Cincinnati station in 1933. In 1939 the firm had a commission to do a complete overhaul of the CBS Studio Building.

The firm became Fellheimer, Wagner & Vollmer which designed the Farragut Houses project in Brooklyn starting in 1942.[4] and the Albany Houses complex in Brooklyn starting in 1950[5] for the New York City Housing Authority.

In 1951, the firm designed a new Montclair, New Jersey branch store with Roland Wank for Newark-based Hahne & Company. In 1952, Fellheimer & Wagner designed the Beekman Theatre in New York City.

The architectural drawings of Fellheimer & Wagner are held by the Department of Drawings & Archives at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign. campus). 1 January 1918. University of Illinois. 30 June 2016. Google Books.
  2. AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White (Author), Elliot Willensky (Author) Three Rivers Press; 4 edition (June 2000)
  3. Web site: Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940 - architecturecincy.org - Retrieved January 9, 2009 . 2009-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917092140/http://architecturecincy.org/dictionary/F.html . 2010-09-17 . dead .
  4. Web site: Farragut Houses I, New York City - 113845 - EMPORIS. https://archive.today/20120730125615/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=farraguthousesi-newyorkcity-ny-usa. dead. July 30, 2012. Emporis. GmbH. 30 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Albany Houses | Buildings | EMPORIS . . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130410184504/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=albanyhouses-newyorkcity . 10 April 2013 . dead.
  6. Web site: Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library | Columbia University Libraries . Columbia.edu . 2016-01-29 . 2016-06-30.
  7. Book: Potter, Janet Greenstein. Great American Railroad Stations. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 1996. 978-0471143895. New York. 116, 166, 174, 191, 248, 267, 314, 386–387.
  8. Web site: Forgotten Hamilton featuring the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Station TH&B.

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