Alfred Easton Poor
Alfred Easton Poor (May 24, 1899 – January 13, 1988) was an American architect noted particularly for buildings and projects in New York City and in Washington, D.C, for the U.S. government. A son of Charles Lane Poor, Alfred Poor served in the U.S. Navy in World War I and in the U.S. Navy Reserve in World War II. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied under Paul Philippe Cret. Poor served as the president of the National Academy of Design in New York from 1966 to 1977, organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975.
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- Name
- Alfred Easton Poor
- Born
- May 24, 1899
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, MD
- Died
- January 13, 1988
- Place of death
- New York, NY
- Education
- Harvard University, A.B., 1920 University of Pennsylvania, B.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
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Alfred Easton Poor (May 24, 1899 – January 13, 1988) was an American architect noted particularly for buildings and projects in New York City and in Washington, D.C, for the U.S. government. A son of Charles Lane Poor, Alfred Poor served in the U.S. Navy in World War I and in the U.S. Navy Reserve in World War II. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied under Paul Philippe Cret. Poor served as the president of the National Academy of Design in New York from 1966 to 1977, organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975.
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Alfred Easton Poor (1899–1988) was an American architect. Born in Baltimore, the architect died in New York City. Alfred Easton Poor studied at Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
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He has been called "one of America's most prominent twentieth century architects" and a "prominent member of the international school of modern architecture."
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• Name — Alfred Easton Poor • Born — May 24, 1899 • Birthplace — Baltimore, MD • Died — January 13, 1988 • Place of death — New York, NY • Education — Harvard University, A.B., 1920 University of Pennsylvania, B. Arch., 1923; M. Arch., 1924 • Significant Buildings — Jacob K. Javits Federal Building James Madison Memorial Building, US Library of Congress • Significant Projects — Wright Brothers National Memorial
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Over his long career, Poor's projects included public and private-sector works. Along with fellow New York architect Robert P. Rogers, Poor won the open international design competition for the Wright Brothers National Memorial in 1928. For the U.S. government, he worked on a project that restored and extended the East Front of the US Capitol building in the early 1960s, and was also a leading architect in designing the US Library of Congress' James Madison Memorial Building, the third-largest public building in Washington. Poor was especially active in the New York City area. His projects include the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, the Queens County Courthouse and prison in Kew Gardens, the Home Insurance Company Building, and the 40-acre Red Hook housing projects. Poor was chosen by Walter Annenberg to design the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. According to his obituary in The New York Times, he also "designed dozens of branch offices in Manhattan and abroad for the Chemical, National City and Marine Midland banks" and "designed a number of Long Island country homes." Other works include the Cape Cinema, in Dennis, Massachusetts.
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1899 at Baltimore. Institutional cataloguing adds that alfred Easton Poor died in 1988 at New York City.
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Poor's books about historical architecture include Formal Design in Minor French Buildings - The Tuileries Brochures (1931) and Colonial Architecture of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (1932).
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- 1.Social Networks and Archival Context Project
- 2.Art of the Print
- 3.Library of Congress, American Treasures
- 4.Obituary, New York Times
- 5.Art History 3401, University of Minnesota
- 6.Library of Congress
- 7.New York Architecture - Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building.
- 8.NYC.gov Website.
- 9.In-Arch.net.
- 10.A View on Cities
- 11.University of Pennsylvania: An Architectural Tour. By George E. Thomas and Lewis Tanner
- 12.Alfred Easton Poor. Olympedia.
- 13.Cape Cinema, About
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