Edward Sargent (architect) explained

Edward A. Sargent (November 1, 1842  - February 25, 1914) was an English-born American architect, known for his work on New York City schools, churches, office buildings, clubs, armory and country homes.

Life and career

Sargent was born Ebenezer Alfred Sargent on November 1, 1842, in Hastings, England.[1] He later changed his first name to Edward. Emigrating to New York City in 1867,[2] he attended Cooper Union College.

Sargent married Mary Augusta Doubleday (daughter of Thomas D. Doubleday and niece of Abner Doubleday); together they had four daughters and one son. One daughter, Alice Sargent Johnson, became an illustrator. His brother was Daniel Wycliffe Sargent, an explorer in Africa.

His first work was as a watercolor artist. He worked as a delineator (illustrator) for Frederick Law Olmsted in the designs for Central Park and again as delineator worked on the Corn Exchange Building and the Protestant Welfare Building on Park Avenue. He made the plans for the 9th Regiment Armory, constructed the country home Lindenhurst for John Wanamaker at Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. In addition, he was the architect of public schools and private houses, including over 300 homes on Staten Island.[3]

Sargent also worked for George Post (who built the first building to have an elevator).

Works

Sargent designed the stone masonry pillars and wing walls of the entryways to the planned community of Rochelle Park in New Rochelle, New York in 1885.[4] He designed large and medium-sized residences in the metropolitan New York area, notably in the St. George/New Brighton historic district of Staten Island.[5] [6]

Sargent has been credited with designing the Vanderzee-Harper House (circa 1887) at Westervelt Avenue (St. George/New Brighton historic district), although documentation for this attribution is lacking.[3] Among the many notable Sargent-designed homes in the St. George/New Brighton historic district is 103 St. Mark's Place, originally built by Sargent for banker Frederick A. Rodewald in 1890.[7]

In 1892, the firm of E. A. Sargent & Co. were the architects of the original American Yacht Club clubhouse on Milton Point (destroyed by fire in 1951).[8]

He designed the Cuyler Presbyterian Church (1892) in Brooklyn.[9] In 1894, the firm of W.E. Cable and E.A. Sargent won a competition from among nineteen bids to design and build the 9th Regiment Armory on 14th Street Manhattan.[10] Completed in 1896, the armory was razed in 1969.[11] Sargent also designed the Romanesque-style Mother A.M.E. Zion Church (1903-1904) at 127 West 89th Street, Manhattan (razed in 1934).[12] [13]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915. Ancestry.com. 2020-10-05.
  2. Web site: 1910 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com.
  3. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 18. Harrison. Tara. The Vanderzee-Harper House. Designation List 4. 2009-11-17.
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for the Rochelle Park - Rochelle Heights Historic District . 2013-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232522/http://hlrb.newrochelleny.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/10 . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  5. 79. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. St. George Historic District, Staten Island. 2020-10-05. 1994-07-19.
  6. Web site: Sherry. Virginia N.. Queen Anne-style homes from the late 1800s/early 1900s. silive.com. 2020-10-05. 2016-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005192323/https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2016/05/rediscover_staten_island_queen.html. 2020-10-05.
  7. Web site: Walsh. Kevin. St. George/Fort Hill, Staten Island. Forgotten New York. 2020-10-05. 2009-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008151446/https://forgotten-ny.com/2009/02/st-georgefort-hill-staten-island/ . 2011-10-08.
  8. 3–4. The American Yacht Club House, Milton Point. Scientific American Architects and Builders Edition. July 1892.
  9. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:Cuyler Presbyterian Church. November 2000. 2011-03-19. Kathleen A. Howe. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082958/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3052. dead.
  10. News: 2. Ninth Regiment Indignant. Col. Seward Not Present When the Plans For the New Armory Were Adopted.. New York Times. 2020-10-05. 1894-03-04.
  11. Book: Todd, Nancy L.. SUNY Press. 145. 978-0-7914-8099-1. New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History. 2006.
  12. Book: Dunlap, David W.. Columbia University Press. From Abyssinian to Zion. M. 2004. 148. 10.7312/dunl12542. 10.7312/dunl12542.20. 9780231500722.
  13. Web site: Miller. Tom. Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Mother Zion Church -- No. 127 W 89th St. Daytonian in Manhattan. 2020-10-05. 2016-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702192034/http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-lost-mother-zion-church-no-127-w.html . 2017-07-02.

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