George H. Streeton
Streeton, AIA (born 1864) was an American architect who worked in New York during the first half of the twentieth century, primarily for Roman Catholic clients.
George H. Streeton
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- Name
- George H.
- Born
- September 28, 1864
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York
- Known for
- Architecture
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Cornell University
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Streeton, AIA (born 1864) was an American architect who worked in New York during the first half of the twentieth century, primarily for Roman Catholic clients.
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George H. Streeton (born 1864) was an architect, of American nationality. The architect was born in Brooklyn. George H. Streeton was educated at Cornell University.
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• Name — George H. Streeton • Born — September 28, 1864 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York • Known for — Architecture
Early life and education
Early life and education
Streeton was born September 28, 1864, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Ferrari Modeling School at Cooper Union and Cornell University. He worked for a time for the firm of Schickel and Ditmars before going into business under his own name.
Works
Works
• Illustration — St Francis de Sales, Manhattan • Illustration — St Casimir, Yonkers • Cathedral of St. James, Brooklyn • St. Ambrose Church, 222 Tompkins and Dekalb Avenues, Brooklyn • St. Cyril & St. Methodius and St. Raphael Church, Manhattan, New York • 1910: The Church of the Guardian Angel Manhattan, New York (original church, replaced in 1930 by John Van Pelt) • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Manhattan, New York • St. Francis De Sales Church, Manhattan, New York (enlargement of church by O'Connor & Metcalf, 6 years earlier) • St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York • St. Patrick's Academy, Brooklyn, New York Alterations to a catholic school on Kent Street, originally built in 1870. Work done in 1901. • St. Raymond Church Westchester, New York • St. Peter's Church Rectory, Staten Island, New York (church by George Edward Harding & Gooch)
Architectural practice
He designed numerous religious buildings for Roman Catholic congregations in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Works attributed to George H. Streeton
• St. Philip Neri Church, Bronx, New York
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- 1.St. James Cathedral, citing Streeton as architect "Cathedral of St. James"
- 2.David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 200.
- 3."Church of the Guardian Angel (Roman Catholic), 193 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street, New York, N.Y. 10011", New York Organ Website (Retrieved 21 July 2011
- 4.David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p.198
- 5.David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 203
- 6."St. Patrick's School," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 August 1901, 7.
- 7.St. Raymond Church
- 8.White and Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, p. 888 {which edition?}
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Streeton was born in 1864 at Brooklyn. Streeton is recorded as having studied at Cornell University.
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