George W. Conable Explained
| George W. Conable |
| Birth Name: | George Willard Conable |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Cortland, New York |
| Death Date: | Tampa, Florida |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Architect |
George Willard Conable (1866-1933), AIA, was an American architect practicing in New York City in the early to mid 20th century specializing in churches.
Biography
George W. Conable was born in Cortland, New York on October 4, 1866. He graduated from Cortland State Normal School in 1886, and from Cornell University in 1890.[1]
In 1905 he was an assistant to noted architect Ernest Flagg and prepared plans and working drawings for the Singer Building.[2] His office was at 15 Myrtle Avenue, Jamaica, Queens in 1908, 46 West 24th Street in 1918. He entered into a brief partnership with Hobart Upjohn as the firm of Upjohn & Conable of 96 Fifth Avenue, New York, in 1911.[3] He is best known as the architect of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (New York City) (1908) and Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church (1926)[3]
He died in Tampa, Florida on January 2, 1933.[4]
Works as George W. Conable
- 1908: German Evangelical Lutheran Church of 164 West 100th Street, 90 East Amsterdam Ave and 100th Street, a two-storey brick and stone church and parsonage for $50,000[3]
- 1916: Queensboro Hospital for Contagious Diseases, Parsons Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway in Jamaica, Queens.[5]
- 1918: 179-181 West Houston Street, single-storey office, for Congress Warehouse & Forwarding Co.; J. L Wolff, Pres of 474 West Broadway, for $5,000[3]
- 1919: 179-83 West Houston Street, single-storey brick garage, for Congress Warehouse & Forwarding Co.; J. L Wolff, Pres of 474 West Broadway, for $5,000[3]
- 1923: South Hall (now Parker Hall) on the campus of Wagner College in Staten Island NY[6]
- 1926: Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, 198-200 Sherman Avenue, two-story brick school and chapel for $40,000[3]
- 1926: Trinity Lutheran Church (Queens, New York), overseer for architect John William Cresswell Corbusier, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
- 1928: Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building,[2] listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
- 1929: Main Hall on the campus of Wagner College in Staten Island, NY.[6]
Works as Upjohn & Conable
Notes and References
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . XVI . James T. White & Company . 367 . 1918 . 2020-12-12 . Google Books.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building. April 1983. 2011-01-16. Larry E. Gobrecht. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018215915/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7335. 2012-10-18.
- http://www.metrohistory.com/dbpages/NBresults.lasso Office for Metropolitan History
- News: George W. Conable Dies in Hospital Here . . 2 . 1933-01-03 . 2020-12-12 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Contagious Disease Hospital Dedicated. 4 August 2017. Brooklyn Standard Union. Fultonhistory.com. June 29, 1916. 5.
- History Tour, Part 2: The Birth of an American College. 2016. Lee Manchester. Wagner Link.
- Web site: NYC Organ Project.
