Walter B. Chambers

• Name — Walter B. Chambers • Birth Name — Walter Boughton Chambers • Born — 15 September 1866 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 19 April 1945 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Known for — Atelier Masqueray-Chambers (co-founder in 1893) St. Nicholas Skating Rink (1896) in New York City McClellan Hall (1925) on Yale University's Old Campus Bingham Hall (1928) on Yale University's Old Campus Singer Building (1908) Corcoran Gallery of Art (1897) in Washington, D.C. • Education — Ecole des Beaux Arts Yale University • Employer — Flagg & Chambers (co-founder) • Occupation — Architect, educator • Children — 3 • Relatives — Robert W. Chambers (brother) • Honors — American Institute of Architects

• Illustration — As a Yale undergraduate Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of attorney William P. Chambers and Caroline Smith Boughton, both of whom were New York natives. As a child both Walter and his brother, author, Robert William Chambers, attended Brooklyn Polytechnic School, from where he was accepted into the class of 1887 at Yale University. At Yale University, he served on the fifteenth editorial board of The Yale Record and was a member of the Scroll and Key Society. Following his graduation, Chambers was unsure of his career path when his brother, Robert, suggested that he comes to Paris to study architecture. In order to convince his parents that Walter doing so was a practical idea, he noted Walter's proficiency in drawing buildings. Robert reminded his parents of one particular drawing that Walter had made at the age of four. The image was rough picture of their church. Anyone who had been shown the drawing was surprised at the accuracy. His skeptical father took Walter to see family friend, Richard Morris Hunt, a New York architect to ask him what he thought about Walter traveling to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München to study architecture. Hunt's response was "Hell yes! He must start somewhere." For reasons that are unknown, his parents were still uncomfortable with the idea of Walter studying abroad. Caroline, who was in Munich at the time, suggested that instead of going to Paris, Walter should stay with her and attend the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. That summer, both boys went to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and attended classes. Robert attended courses in general art, Walter began his study of architecture. One of their professors was Franz Reber, who believed that art should be experienced. He put this theory into practice by taking his students on field trips whenever he was introducing a new concept. It is during this time that Robert wrote his first novel, In the Quarter, which chronicled the life as a student in Paris during the late 1800s. Thereafter, both young men went to Paris, where Walter entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts and studied at the atelier of Paul Blondel. At this atelier, he met his future architectural partner Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), a cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. • Illustration — St. Nicholas Rink, New York, NY Walter married Ethel Notman on 9 June 1897. They had one son together. She died on 19 July 1898, and he remarried to Elizabeth Margery Ferguson on 23 April 1901. They had two sons.

In 1893, Walter B. Chambers joined with Franco-American architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray to establish the first atelier for architectural studies in the United States based on the French Ecole des Beaux Arts system. Located at 123 East 23rd Street in New York, the Atelier Masqueray-Chambers helped educate many outstanding architects, including Leonard B. Schultze (architect of The Pierre, Sherry-Netherland and Waldorf Astoria Hotel) and William Van Alen (architect of the Chrysler Building). Chambers was a member of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He resided at 7 West 43rd Street, New York, and died in New York City, aged seventy-eight. His brother Robert W. Chambers, born 1865, was a noted artist, illustrator and writer. Walter B. Chambers died at Riverdale Sanitarium in The Bronx on 19 April 1945.

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