William Tubby

Continuing this practice until his retirement in 1942, Tubby became a major New York architect. He created important buildings in a variety of styles, and was especially known for his Romanesque and Dutch Revival-style designs. The house that Tubby designed for Charles Millard Pratt at 241 Clinton Avenue (1893, located in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill Historic District) is one of the city's finest examples of Romanesque Revival architecture. His creativity and expertise can also be seen in several other Brooklyn homes: the neo-Jacobean Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Meeting House, the Romanesque Revival style home at 234 Lincoln Place, the Queen Anne style row at 864-872 Carroll Street, the residences of Brooklyn mayors at 405 Clinton Avenue, and the Dutch Revival house at 43 Willow Street, which Tubby himself occupied. Outside of New York City, Tubby created designs for banks, churches, libraries, hospitals and large estates throughout the Northeast, including Waveny House and Orchard's End Estate in New Canaan, Connecticut, and Dunnellen Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building at Roslyn, New York, was built in 1931. Tubby lived in Brooklyn Heights at 43 Willow Street before retiring to Greenwich in his later life. A member of the Brooklyn Guild Association, he taught architecture at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.

• Name — William Bunker Tubby • Born — 1858 • Birthplace — Des Moines, Iowa • Died — 1944 • Occupation — Architect • Known for — Pratt family residences, Pratt Institute Library, Old Nassau County Courthouse • Illustration — Old Nassau County Courthouse • Illustration — House designed by Tubby for William H. Childs (inventor of Bon Ami Cleaning Powder) on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn New York. Now an Ethical Culture Society building. • Illustration — Pratt Institute's Library

The following table presents an incomplete list of buildings designed by William Tubby, focusing on those that are extant or for which there is adequate documentation of their style. Note that most addresses link to Google Street View images of the buildings. • Name — Completed — Style — Image — Address (Google Maps link) — Location — Original use — Present use — Designations and references • 124 Willow Street House — 1885 — Eclectic-Flemish Renaissance Revival — 124 Willow St. — Brooklyn, NY — 1831 townhouse remodeled by Tubby — Private residence — Brooklyn Heights Historic District • 864-872 Carroll Street houses — 1887 — Queen Anne — 864-872 Carroll Street — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Park Slope Historic District • 286A-290 Vanderbilt Ave. houses — 1889 — Romanesque Revival — 286A-290 Vanderbilt Ave. — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Fort Greene Historic District • 234 Lincoln Place House — 1889 — Romanesque Revival — 234 Lincoln Place — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Park Slope Historic District • Charles A. Schieren House — 1889 — Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne — — 405 Clinton Ave. — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Clinton Hill Historic District • William B. Tubby House — 1890? — Dutch Colonial Revival — 43 Willow St. — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Brooklyn Heights Historic District • Pratt Institute South Hall — 1891 — Renaissance Revival — — 215 Ryerson Street — Brooklyn, NY — High school — University — NYC Landmark • 1-15 Adams Street Factory — 1891 — Romanesque Revival — 2 John St. — Brooklyn, NY — Factory — Industrial — DUMBO Historic District • 179-183 St. James Place houses — 1892 — Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne — 179-183 St. James Place — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Clinton Hill Historic District • Charles Millard Pratt House — 1893 — Romanesque Revival — — 241 Clinton Ave. — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Brooklyn RC archbishop's residence — Clinton Hill Historic District • Charles Millard Pratt's Carriage House — 1893? — Romanesque Revival — 261 Vanderbilt Avenue — Brooklyn, NY — Carriage house — Apartments — None • John Thatcher House — 1894 — French Renaissance Revival — 674 10th St. — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Park Slope Historic District • 129-135 Cambridge Place houses — 1894 — Queen Anne — 129-135 Cambridge Place — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Clinton Hill Historic District • 83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable — 1894 — Romanesque Revival — — 179 Wilson Avenue — Brooklyn, NY — Police precinct — Police precinct — NYC Landmark, National Register of Historic Places • 50-52 Bridge Street Factory — 1895 — American Round Arch — 50 Bridge Street — Brooklyn, NY — Factory — Residential/commercial — DUMBO Historic District • Wallabout Market — 1896 — Dutch Colonial Revival — — 219 Flushing Avenue — Brooklyn, NY — Wholesale market — Demolished 1941 to build Navy Yard — None • Pratt Institute Library — 1896 — Renaissance Revival — — 224-228 Ryerson Street — Brooklyn, NY — University — University — NYC Landmark • American Thread Building — 1896 — Renaissance Revival — — 260 West Broadway — New York, NY — Warehouse — Residential lofts — National Register of Historic Places • Old Jamaica High School — 1897 — Dutch Colonial Revival — — 162-02 Hillside Ave. — Jamaica, NY — Public school — Public school — NYC Landmark • 194-200 Court Street apartment houses — 1898 — Renaissance Revival — 194-200 Court Street — Brooklyn, NY — Apartments & Retail — Apartments/retail — Cobble Hill Historic District • Maxwelton (estate) — 1898? — Water tower — 3 Whitney Circle — Glen Cove, NY — Stable for estate — Only water tower from stable designed by Tubby is extant on residential property — None • Old Nassau County Courthouse — 1901 — Classical Revival — — 1550 Franklin Ave. — Garden City, NY — Government — Government — National Register of Historic Places • William H. Childs House — 1901 — Neo-Jacobean — — 53 Prospect Park West — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture — Park Slope Historic District • Old Brooklyn Friends School — 1902 — Classical Revival — — 112 Schermerhorn St. — Brooklyn, NY — Private school — Public school — National Register of Historic Places • 187-195 Waverly Ave. garages — 1904 — 187-195 Waverly Ave. — Brooklyn, NY — Garages — Private residence — None • DeKalb Library — 1905 — Classical Revival — 790 Bushwick Avenue — Brooklyn, NY — Library — Library — NYC Landmark • Leonard Library — 1908 — Classical Revival — — 81 Devoe St. — Brooklyn, NY — Library — Library — None • 231-233 Front Street Factory — 1908 — Commercial — 231 Front Street — Brooklyn, NY — Factory — Commercial — Vinegar Hill Historic District • Ernest G. Draper House — 1910 — Italian Provincial Revival — 61 Prospect Park West — Brooklyn, NY — Private residence — Private residence — Park Slope Historic District • Waveny House — 1912 — Tudor Revival — 677 South Avenue — New Canaan, CT — Private residence — Municipally owned event venue — None • Stone Avenue Library — 1914 — Neo-Jacobean — 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard — Brooklyn, NY — Public library — Public library — None • Dunnellen Hall — 1918 — Neo-Jacobean — 521 Round Hill Road — Greenwich, CT — Private residence — Private residence — None • William Tubby Jr. Residence — 1918? — Greenwich, CT — Private residence — Precise location and status of this work is not known — None • Orchard's End Estate — 1929 — Tudor Revival — | — 544 Oenoke Ridge — New Canaan, CT — Private residence — Private residence — None • Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building — 1931 — Classical Revival — — Roslyn, NY — Bank — Retail — National Register of Historic Places