Frederick James Woodbridge
Frederick James Woodbridge, AIA, (May 18, 1900 – January 17, 1974), was an American architect. His projects were based in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He was partners in the firms Evans, Moore & Woodbridge, Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge, and Adams & Woodbridge (1945–1974), as well as being a sometime archeologist.
Frederick James Woodbridge
- Name
- Frederick James Woodbridge
- Born
- 18 May 1900
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
- Died
- 17 January 1974
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Phillips Exeter Academy (1917) Amherst College (1921) Columbia University (1923) American Academy in Rome (1923-1925)
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Honours
- Rome Prize and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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Frederick James Woodbridge, AIA, (May 18, 1900 – January 17, 1974), was an American architect. His projects were based in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He was partners in the firms Evans, Moore & Woodbridge, Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge, and Adams & Woodbridge (1945–1974), as well as being a sometime archeologist.
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Frederick James Woodbridge (1900–1974) was an American architect. Born in Minneapolis, the architect died in Manhattan. Frederick James Woodbridge studied at Amherst College, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Columbia University, among others. The architect received Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Rome Prize.
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• Name — Frederick James Woodbridge • Organization — American Institute of Architects • Born — 18 May 1900 • Birthplace — Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. • Died — 17 January 1974 • Place of death — Manhattan, New York City, U.S. • Education — Phillips Exeter Academy (1917) Amherst College (1921) Columbia University (1923) American Academy in Rome (1923-1925) • Partner — Adams & Woodbridge Malmfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge Evans, Moore & Woodbridge • Parents — Frederick J.E. Woodbridge
Early life and education
Early life and education
Born May 18, 1900, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Woodbridge attended Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1917, Amherst College, graduating in 1921, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, graduating in 1923, and the American Academy in Rome from 1923 to 1925. He was also the Boyer Research Fellow in Classical Archeology at the University of Michigan.
Architectural career
Architectural career
Woodbridge began his career at McKim, Mead & White, working there from 1921 to 1922, and as a draftsman there from 1925 to 1929. He was licensed in New York (1928), Connecticut (1930), New Jersey (1937), and nationally as NCARB (1939) and commenced his practice as a partner in 1929 Within the AIA, he was the chairman for the Committee on Architectural Services, Vice Chairman for the Committee on Buildings Costs, Secretary for the New York Chapter Civilian Protection Committee from 1940 to 1941. He was the president of the Architectural League and secretary of its executive committee. He was a member of the Plattsburg & Columbia S.A.T.C in 1918, U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, Lt. Commander of the O. in C. Air Naval Training Unit, Naval and Air Station, Quonset from 1942 to 1945. He was faculty at the Extension, School of Architecture, 1934–1942 as a critic in Design, Instructor in History of Architecture and Rendering, Lecturer on Design at the Institutional Residence Halls, of Teacher's College, Columbia University (1939–1942). He was the architect for excavations at Antioch of Pisidia, Turkey, and at Carthage, Tunisia, from 1924 to 1925.
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He died on January 17, 1974 (aged 73) in Manhattan, New York City.
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1900
Frederick James Woodbridge was born on 18 May 1900.
1974
Frederick James Woodbridge died on 17 January 1974.
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Formation and teaching. Woodbridge studied at Columbia University, Amherst College, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Phillips Exeter Academy. Recorded as having studied at Columbia University, Amherst College and Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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