Ralph Adams Cram
Ralph Adams Cram was an American architect and writer (1863–1942). He was born at Hampton Falls and died at Boston.
Also recorded as Ralph Adams; R. A. Cram.
Ralph Adams Cram in brief
- Born
- 1863
- Died
- 1942
- Known for
- architect and writer
- Place of birth
- Hampton Falls
Contents
Career and activity
Ralph Adams Cram worked in architecture, religious building, church architecture and American literature.
He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Medieval Academy of America and American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Recognition and collections
Ralph Adams Cram received Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Work by Ralph Adams Cram is held by Art Institute of Chicago.
Catalogued works
66 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1829 to 1950.
No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince. In Kropfsberg Keep. The Dead Valley. Princeton Art Museum, dated 1882. Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Saint Thomas Church, dated 1913. Princeton University Chapel, dated 1928. All Saints' Church, Ashmont, dated 1894. All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, dated 1910. All Saints Church. All Saints Episcopal Church, dated 1941. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England, dated 1923. Boston University Marsh Chapel, dated 1950. Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church. Cathedral Church of St. Paul. East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Chapel of St. Anne, dated 1915. Christ Church, Hyde Park, dated 1893. Cleveland Tower, dated 1913. Conventual Church of St. Mary and St. John. Pawtucket Public Library. Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library, dated 1932. Emmanuel Church, dated 1900. First Unitarian Society in Newton, dated 1905. First Universalist Church, dated 1916. Grace Church, dated 1829. Hayes Gymnasium, dated 1910. Knowles Memorial Chapel. Park Avenue Christian Church, dated 1911. Rehoboth. Sacred Heart Cathedral, dated 1916. Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church. Second Church in Boston. Second Presbyterian Church. St. Andrews Episcopal Church. St. Luke's Methodist Church. St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral. St. Paul's Parish Church, dated 1913. The Birches, dated 1882. Trinity Episcopal Church. Necronomicon i Sverige. Gothic Quest. Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts. East Boston. Heart of Europe. Church Building. Significance of Gothic Art. Walled Towns. Impressions of Japanese Architecture. Black Spirits & White. The Sins of the Fathers. Farm Houses, Manor Houses, Minor Chateaux and Small Churches. The Nemesis of Mediocrity. Haunting in Paris. Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh. Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories (Dodo Press) (Carnation). Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories. The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of E. G. Swain & Ralph Adams Cram: The Stoneground Ghost Tales & Black Spirits and White-Fifteen Short Ta. Black Spirits and White - A Book of Ghost Stories. Church Building; A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation to the Church. Farm houses, manor houses, minor chateaux and small churchesfrom the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries in Normandy, Brittanyand other parts of France. The gothic quest. The substance of gothic. Towards the great peace. The ruined abbeys of Great Britain. Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Applied Arts, dated 1905, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.265.123.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Cram, Ralph Adams, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Cram, Ralph Adams, Religion Past and Present. Cram, Ralph Adams, (16 Dec. 1863–22 Sept. 1942), architect and author, Who Was Who, 2007. Cram, Ralph Adams (1863-1942), architect and cultural critic, American National Biography Online, 2000. Cram, the Anglophile, Ghost Storeys, 2017.
Digitised editions and texts
15 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Notre Dame des Eaux — Internet Archive. Postscript — Internet Archive. The substance of Gothic;: Six lectures on the development of architecture from Charlemagne to Henry VIII, given at the Lowell Institute, Boston, in November and December, 1916, (1925) — Internet Archive. Farm Houses, Manor Houses, Minor Chateaux and Small Churches: From the ... (1917) — Internet Archive. The Great Thousand Years: Written in the Year 1908 and First Printed in PAX, the Magazine of the ... (1918) — Internet Archive. Towards the Great Peace (1922) — Internet Archive. Convictions and Controversies (1935) — Internet Archive. No. 252 Rue M. le Prince — Internet Archive. The Gothic Quest (1907) — Internet Archive. The great thousand years,: Written in the year 1908, and first printed in PAX, the magazine of the Benedictines of Caldey, in December, 1910, to which ... January, 1918, and called "Ten years after." (1944) — Internet Archive. heart of europe (1915) — Internet Archive. Black spirits & white : $b a book of ghost stories — Project Gutenberg. The decadent : $b being the gospel of inaction : wherein are set forth in romance form certain reflections touching the curious characteristics of these ultimate years, and the divers causes thereof — Project Gutenberg. The nemesis of mediocrity — Project Gutenberg. Walled towns — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is architecture, religious building and church architecture.
Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Medieval Academy of America and American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Work by Ralph Adams Cram is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago.
Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
Chronology
- 1863Ralph Adams Cram born at Hampton Falls.
- 1882Princeton Art Museum.
- 1913Saint Thomas Church.
- 1917Farm Houses, Manor Houses, Minor Chateaux and Small Churches: From the ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1918The Great Thousand Years: Written in the Year 1908 and First Printed in PAX, the Magazine of the ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1922Towards the Great Peace digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1925The substance of Gothic;: Six lectures on the development of architecture from Charlemagne to Henry VIII, given at the Lowell Institute, Boston, in November and December, 1916, digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1942Ralph Adams Cram died at Boston.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Cram, Ralph Adams (1863-1942), architect and cultural critic, American National Biography Online, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Cram, Ralph Adams, (16 Dec. 1863–22 Sept. 1942), architect and author, Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
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Open Library author record for Ralph Adams Cram (Internet Archive), 29 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
Internet Archive, 77 digitised items catalogued under Ralph Adams Cram as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Project Gutenberg holds 6 full texts attributed to Ralph Adams Cram.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Ralph Adams Cram (1 object).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q7287147: Ralph Adams Cram
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Ralph Adams Cram”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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