Nathan Korn
Nathan Korn (1893-1941) was an American architect and builder in New York City.
Nathan Korn
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- Name
- Nathan Korn
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 22 November 1941
- Place of death
- Beekman Hospital, New York City, United States
- Education
- Cooper Union Columbia University
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Miriam Weil
- Nationality
- United States
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Nathan Korn (1893-1941) was an American architect and builder in New York City.
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Nathan Korn (1893–1941) was an architect, of American nationality.
The architect was educated at Columbia University and Cooper Union. Nathan Korn lived in 140 West 79th Street.
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• Name — Nathan Korn • Born — 1893 • Died — 22 November 1941 • Place of death — Beekman Hospital, New York City, United States • Education — Cooper Union Columbia University • Occupation — Architect • Children — 1 • Spouse — Miriam Weil
Early life
Early life
He was born in 1893 to Jewish parents, Abraham Korn, a physician and director of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and Julia Rotholz. He was educated at Cooper Union and Columbia University. His father died in 1918.
Career
Career
He was known for reconstructing Russeks department stores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Chicago. His firm designed and built residential apartment buildings in Manhattan.
Selected works
Selected works
• 944 Fifth Avenue • The Bolivar, 230 Central Park West • 327 Central Park West • 6-16 W 77th Street
Personal life
Personal life
Korn was married to Miriam Weil, with whom he had a daughter, Judith May. Korn was involved with Jewish charities. He was a director and house committee member of the United Home for Aged Hebrews.
Death
Death
Korn died of a heart attack at the age of 48 at the Beekman Hospital. He was survived by his wife, daughter, mother, and a sister, Hortense Meyer.
1133 Park Avenue, corner of 91st Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan
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Nathan Korn died on 22 November 1941.
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- 1."Nathan Korn; Architect and Builder, Active in Jewish Charities, Dies," New York Times. November 23, 1941; retrieved 2013-7-1.
- 2.(3 June 1983). Dr. Abraham Korn Wants His Children. The New York Times. Retrieved on 28 June 2025
- 3.Image 15 of The New York herald (New York [N.Y.]), January 18, 1891 Library of Congress. Retrieved on 28 June 2025
- 4.(12 October 1918). Obituary 6 -- No Title The New York Times. Retrieved on 28 June 2025
- 5.Development Design Group. (2008). Design Group revisited, pp. 64-65.
- 6.Duncan, Michelle (20 April 2023). Barbara Walters’s Fifth Avenue Apartment Lists for $19.75 Million Architectural Digest. Retrieved on 28 June 2025
- 7.; retrieved 2013-7-1.
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