Stephen Decatur Hatch

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Part of Hatch's "extraordinary"[1] 3-story mansard roof for Gilsey House
Jubilee Hall at Fisk University
Murray Hill Hotel, built 1884, razed 1947 (c.1900-1910)
The former New York Life Insurance Company Building

Stephen Decatur Hatch (1839 - 1894)[2] was a prominent late-19th century architect who was responsible for a number of historically or architecturally significant buildings in Manhattan, New York City and elsewhere. He primarily designed commercial buildings.[3]

Life and career[]

Hatch was born in Swanton, Vermont,[4] the son of an inventor,[3] and moved to New York City, where he found employment as a construction inspector.[3] He joined the busy architectural firm of John B. Snook in 1860 as a draftsman.[4] He left around 1864 to start his own practice, and became the architect of the U.S. War Department, responsible for construction of military posts in New York.[3] His practice began to flourish in 1868.[4]

Hatch died in 1894, during the construction of an extension to the headquarters building of the New York Life Insurance Company.

Works[]

Manhattan
  • 213-215 Water Street – warehouse, built 1868 for A.A. Thompson & Co., now part of South Street Seaport Museum,[5] within the South Street Seaport Historic District
  • 118 East 18th Street – built 1868[6]
  • Gilsey House Hotel – 1200 Broadway, built 1869-1871, converted to residential use 1980, a NYC landmark (1979)[1]
  • 836-838 Broadway - built 1876-1877[7]
  • Robbins & Appleton Building – manufacturing, built 1879-1880, a NYC landmark (1979)[8]
  • Schepp Building – warehouse, 45-53 Hudson Street, built 1880, within the  [9]
  • 165 Duane Street – lofts, built 1881, within the  [10]
  • Murray Hill Hotel – Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, built 1884, razed 1947[11]
  • U.S. Army Building – also known as 3 New York Plaza, Water & Whitehall Streets, offices, built 1886[12]
  • 168 Duane Street – warehouse, built 1886-1887, within the ,[9] Dutch Revival style [13]
  • Manhattan Savings Institution[14] – also known as Bleecker Tower,[15] 644 Broadway, built 1889-1891, within the NoHo Historic District [16]
  • Fleming Smith Warehouse – 451-453 Washington Street, built 1891-1892, a NYC landmark (1978)[17]
  • Roosevelt Building – lofts, 839-841 Broadway, built 1893[18]
  • Former New York Life Insurance Company Building – also known as the Clock Tower Building, offices, 346 Broadway, built 1894-1895, completed by McKim, Mead & White, a NYC landmark (1987)[19] and on the National Register of Historic Places (1982)
Elsewhere

References[]

Notes

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b NYCLPC p.80
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "History of Rooms 231 and 232" on the White House website
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "South Street Seaport Museum 213-215 Water Street" Historic American Buildings Survey, #NY-5684
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Dillon, James T. Gilsey House Designation Report of the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission (September 11, 1979)
  5. ^ "South Street Seaport Museum, 213-215 Water Street, New York, New York, NY" on Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
  6. ^ "118 East 18th Street" on the Gramercy Neighborhood Associates website
  7. ^ "836-838 Broadway" on the Endangered Cast-Iron Buildings website
  8. ^ NYCLPC, p. 62
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b NYCLPC, p.21
  10. ^ White & Willensky, p.63
  11. ^ "Murray Hill Hotel, 1918", City University of New York DSpace
  12. ^ White & Willensky, p.26
  13. ^ "About Tribeca"
  14. ^ http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/06/manhattan-savings-institute-644.html
  15. ^ "Bleecker Tower" on Wired New York website
  16. ^ NYCLPC, p.60
  17. ^ NYCLPC, p.36
  18. ^ White & Willenski, p. 166
  19. ^ NYCLPC, p.34
  20. ^ "The Gilsey House - 29th and Broadway" Accessed:2010-11-20

Bibliography

  • New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
  • White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.

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