Jacob August Lienau
Jacob August Lienau (March 1854 – May 6, 1906) was an American architect. He was born in March 1854 in New Jersey to Detlef Lienau. On November 30, 1884, he married Elizabeth Blair Williams (1854–1932) at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Also recorded as J. August Lienau · Lienau, J. August
Jacob August Lienau
- Born
- 1854
- Died
- 1906
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Tulipwood
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Jacob August Lienau (March 1854 – May 6, 1906) was an American architect. He was born in March 1854 in New Jersey to Detlef Lienau. On November 30, 1884, he married Elizabeth Blair Williams (1854–1932) at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
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She was the daughter of John Stanton Williams and Mary Maclay Pentz, and the sister of Stephen Guion Williams. They had three children: Elizabeth B. Lienau (1885–?), Mary W. Lienau (1887–?), and August William Lienau (1897–?). He died on May 6, 1906, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
• "Tulipwood" • "Shady Rest", which was built for Mary Maclay Pentz Williams at 1135 Hamilton Street. It became a nursing home, Somerset Manor South, and was demolished in 2008. • "Merrynook" was his own home at 1201 Hamilton Street and it later housed the Art Institute of New Jersey. • 220 Mercer St, Princeton, New Jersey for Ernest Cushing Richardson • 160 Hodge Road, Princeton, New Jersey for Marie Coddington
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1854
Jacob August Lienau was born in 1854.
1906
Jacob August Lienau died in 1906.
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- 1.Joining Hands and Hearts. The New York Times. November 30, 1884.
- 2.Mrs. J. August Lienau. Member of Old New York Family Dies After a Long Illness. The New York Times. January 23, 1932.
- 3.Marriage Announcement. The New York Times. May 8, 1930.
- 4.Lienau. The New York Times. May 7, 1906.
- 5.Meadows Foundation. Tulipwood.
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