Percival Lloyd Explained

Percival Lloyd
Birth Date:28 January 1872
Birth Place:Poughkeepsie, New York
Nationality:American
Death Place:Saranac Lake, New York

Percival Lloyd (1872–1915) was an American architect in practice in Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1895 until 1915. A number of his works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Life and career

Percival Monell Lloyd was born January 28, 1872, in Poughkeepsie to Russell G. Lloyd and Florence (Monell) Lloyd. He was educated in the local public schools and at the Riverview Military Academy.[1] In 1894 he joined the office of leading local architect Arnout Cannon Jr., and became his business partner in the firm of Cannon & Lloyd in 1895.[2] Cannon's declining health led him to commit suicide in 1898, and Lloyd continued the business alone. Lloyd practiced independently until late 1914, when due to his own declining health he took a leave of absence from his office and entered a sanatorium in Saranac Lake, where he died March 6, 1915. He never married.[1]

Lloyd was a member of the New York Society of Architects, established in 1906, and was elected to the board of directors in 1914.[3]

Legacy

According to its National Register nomination, the First Presbyterian Church in Poughkeepsie is "perceived as 'beautiful'", and is regarded as one of Lloyd's greatest works. "It is indeed an imposing and unique structure in Poughkeepsie".[4] His Poughkeepsie Trust Company Building is a Beaux Arts building that was the Hudson Valley's first modern skyscraper at six stories in height, costing $100,000 to build.[5]

The regional architects Edward C. Smith of Poughkeepsie and George E. Lowe of Kingston both worked in Lloyd's office.[6]

Architectural works

Notes and References

  1. "Percival Lloyd Dies at Saranac" in Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, March 6, 1915, 5.
  2. "Arnout Cannon" in Commemorative Biographical Sketches of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Company, 1897): 913–914.
  3. "Annual Meeting New York Society of Architects" in American Architect'' 105, no. 2007 (June 10, 1914): 5.
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration:First Presbyterian Church. August 1980. 2011-12-20 . Townley McElhiney Sharp. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
  5. Web site: Sharp. Townley. National Register of Historic Places nomination, Poughkeepsie Trust Company. 1980-08-07. 2008-04-14.
  6. Web site: The History of New York State.
  7. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312538 Balding Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  8. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312652 Academy Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  9. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312658 Dwight–Hooker Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  10. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312592 Lady Washington Hose Company NRHP Registration Form
  11. Joyce C. Ghee and Joan Spence, Poughkeepsie 1898–1998: A Century of Change (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 1999)
  12. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312534 Niagara Engine House NRHP Registration Form
  13. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312592 Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store NRHP Registration Form
  14. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312462 Mader House NRHP Registration Form

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