Woodruff Leeming
Woodruff Leeming, AIA, (July 14, 1870 – November 20, 1919) was an American architect who practiced in the New York area.
Woodruff Leeming
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- Name
- Woodruff Leeming
- Born
- 14 July 1870
- Birthplace
- Quincy, Illinois
- Died
- 20 November 1919
- Place of death
- New Canaan, Connecticut
- Occupation
- Architect
- Education
- * Adelphi College
- Nationality
- United States
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Woodruff Leeming, AIA, (July 14, 1870 – November 20, 1919) was an American architect who practiced in the New York area.
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• Name — Woodruff Leeming • Born — 14 July 1870 • Birthplace — Quincy, Illinois • Died — 20 November 1919 • Place of death — New Canaan, Connecticut • Occupation — Architect • Education — * Adelphi College • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
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Born July 14, 1870, in Quincy, Illinois, he first trained at Adelphi College, and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early experience included working on the plans for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York (probably with Heins & LaFarge) before studying in Paris. Upon his return to America, he opened his own office. He served in World War I, joining as a major and later entering the Army Reserve Corps with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married Esther Howard on November 6, 1899, and they had four children. He resided in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he died on November 20, 1919.
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He designed the 1893 rectory for the South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory, Brooklyn, New York, which is now a New York City Landmark.
435 (left) to 455 (right) 15th Street between Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue in the South Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City are two groups houses. #435-#443 are five two-family houses in the Renaissance Revival style built c.1904 and designed by Woodfruff Leeming. #445-455 are also in the Renaissance Revival style, architect and builder unknown, although they may have been built
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1871
Woodruff Leeming was born on 1 January 1871.
1919
Woodruff Leeming died on 20 November 1919.
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