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*San Jose Post Office, [[San Jose, California]] (1892) Served as the main city library 1937-69; occupied by the Civic Art Gallery 1969, renamed the San Jose Museum of Art 1974. In the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] the top of the tower collapsed into the street and was rebuilt in modified form.<ref>[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=sanjosemuseumofarthistoricwing-sanjose-ca-usa Emporis.com: San Jose Museum of Art].</ref> |
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*San Jose Museum of Art, [[San Jose, California]] (1892) |
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*[[Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)]] (1892-99) |
*[[Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)]] (1892-99) |
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*Old United States Courthouse and Post Office, [[Duluth, Minnesota]] (1896). Co-architects Jeremiah O'Rourke, James Knox Taylor. Demolished. |
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*City Hall, [[Sioux City, Iowa]] (1896) |
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*City Hall, [[Sioux City, Iowa]] (1896) Co-architect William Martin Aiken .<ref>http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=siouxcitycityhall-siouxcity-ia-usa Emporis.com: Sious City City Hall]</ref> |
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*[[Georgia State Capitol]] (1899) |
*[[Georgia State Capitol]] (1899) |
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*Milwaukee Federal Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (189999).<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/wisconsin/milwaukee/edbrooke/edbrooke.html Milwaukee Federal Building]</ref> |
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*Federal Archive Building, New York (1899). A full city block between [[Greenwich Street (Manhattan)|Greenwich Street]] and [[Washington Street (Manhattan)|Washington Street]], its interior has been renovated as studios and loft apartments, as The Archive. |
*Federal Archive Building, New York (1899). A full city block between [[Greenwich Street (Manhattan)|Greenwich Street]] and [[Washington Street (Manhattan)|Washington Street]], its interior has been renovated as studios and loft apartments, as The Archive. |
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*[[Landmark Center (St. Paul)|Federal Court House and Post office for the Upper Midwest, now the "Landmark Center"]], St Paul, Minnesota (1902) |
*[[Landmark Center (St. Paul)|Federal Court House and Post office for the Upper Midwest, now the "Landmark Center"]], St Paul, Minnesota (1902) [[Cass Gilbert]], supervising architect.<ref>[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=landmarkcenter-streetpaul-mn-usa Emporis.com: Landmark Center]</ref> |
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*Denver Gas & Electric Company (1910) |
*Denver Gas & Electric Company (1910) |
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Revision as of 23:37, 5 July 2008
Willoughby J. Edbrooke was an American architect who remained faithful to a Richardsonian Romanesque style into the era of Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States, supported by commissions from conservative federal and state governments.
His major commissions:
- San Jose Post Office, San Jose, California (1892) Served as the main city library 1937-69; occupied by the Civic Art Gallery 1969, renamed the San Jose Museum of Art 1974. In the 1906 earthquake the top of the tower collapsed into the street and was rebuilt in modified form.[1]
- Old Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.) (1892-99)
- Old United States Courthouse and Post Office, Duluth, Minnesota (1896). Co-architects Jeremiah O'Rourke, James Knox Taylor. Demolished.
- City Hall, Sioux City, Iowa (1896) Co-architect William Martin Aiken .[2]
- Georgia State Capitol (1899)
- Milwaukee Federal Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (189999).[3]
- Federal Archive Building, New York (1899). A full city block between Greenwich Street and Washington Street, its interior has been renovated as studios and loft apartments, as The Archive.
- Federal Court House and Post office for the Upper Midwest, now the "Landmark Center", St Paul, Minnesota (1902) Cass Gilbert, supervising architect.[4]
- Denver Gas & Electric Company (1910)
Notes
- ^ Emporis.com: San Jose Museum of Art.
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=siouxcitycityhall-siouxcity-ia-usa Emporis.com: Sious City City Hall]
- ^ Milwaukee Federal Building
- ^ Emporis.com: Landmark Center