R. Brognard Okie Explained

R. Brognard Okie
Birth Date:26 June 1875
Occupation:Architect
Death Place:West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania
Years Active:1898-1945

Richardson Brognard Okie Jr. (1875-1945) was an American architect. He is noted for his Colonial-Revival houses and his sensitive restorations of historic buildings.

Biography

Okie was born in Camden, New Jersey, to Dr. Richardson B. and Clara Mickle Okie. He grew up in Chester County, Pennsylvania, graduated from the architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897, and briefly studied in Europe. He gained practical experience from a summer (1896) spent with William L. Price. After college he was employed by Arthur S. Cochran and soon became his associate. In 1899, he formed a partnership with architects H. Louis Duhring Jr. and Carl Ziegler, that lasted until 1918. He practiced independently until his death in 1945. In his later years he was joined by his son Charles (b. 1915).[1]

He designed a re-creation of George Washington's "President's House" as an attraction at the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia; a re-creation of Pennsbury Manor, William Penn's manor house on the Delaware River, as a museum for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and restored the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia as a museum. He also designed dozens of exquisitely-detailed Colonial-Revival houses in the suburbs surrounding Philadelphia. He bought his own house, "Hillside" in Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1901, and tinkered with it periodically. It remains in his family's possession.[2]

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Okie's papers are held by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[3]

Selected works

Further reading

Book: Garrison, James B. . Stone Houses: Traditional Homes of R. Brognard Okie . New York . Rizzoli . 2013 . 978-0-8478-4078-6.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Searchable database. 2013-06-08. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: White Horse Historic District. 2012-11-05. Robert J. Wise Jr.. December 2000.
  2. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: South Brook Farm. 2012-12-16. George E. Thomas. June 1991.
  3. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/ys/m303ys2.htm R. Brognard Okie Architectural Papers
  4. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:5:./temp/~ammem_ZrWj:: Bolingbroke
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:2:./temp/~ammem_ZrWj:: Hillside
  6. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:4:./temp/~ammem_ZrWj:: Paxton Church
  7. http://buenavista.delaware.gov/ Buena Vista Conference Center
  8. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg394.htm Pennsbury Manor Collection
  9. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:3:./temp/~ammem_ZrWj:: St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley
  10. Web site: General Muhlenberg’s Headquarters . King of Prussia Historical Society, The Moore-Irwin House . 11 June 2024 .
  11. Founders Archives, Washington Diary. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0008-0001. [Washington Diary Archives]. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0007-0031. July 30th 1787 and July 31st 1787, as well as personal letter to Elizabeth Powel noting the visit to Jane Moore's House

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