Cyrus L. Warner Explained

Cyrus L. Warner
Birth Name:Cyrus Lazelle Warner
Nationality:American
Occupation:Architect
Known For:Greek Revival architecture
Notable Works:Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
Spouse:Elizabeth Wadland Adams

Cyrus Lazelle Warner (1789–1852) was an American architect in New York City. He designed the Greek Revival architecture Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, built in 1840 in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as a church in a similar style two years earlier.[1] He was also involved in the Merchant's Exchange Building (New York) with Isaiah Rogers.[2] [3] He had his office at 122 Broadway from 1842 until 1847.

His sons Samuel A. Warner and Benjamin Warner were both architects in New York City. His daughter Harriet Amanda Warner married architect Leopold Eidlitz in 1845.[4] Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, Warner's grandson, was also an architect.

He may have served in the military from Cayuga County.[5]

He was married to Elizabeth Wadland Adams (1792–1860).

Notes and References

  1. Synagogue Architecture in America: Faith, Spirit & Identity By Henry Stolzman, Daniel Stolzman
  2. Book: Stokes, I. N. Phelps . The iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 . 3 . Robert H. Dodd . Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections . 623 . 1918.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=j8dzQHVdv9oC&pg=PA175 2nd Merchant's Exchange Building
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=UOazDIW29RQC&pg=PA29 Leopold Eidlitz: Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd0TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2036