Alfred Easton Poor

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Alfred Easton Poor
BornMay 24, 1899
Baltimore, MD
DiedJanuary 13, 1988 (1988-01-14) (aged 88)
New York, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University, A.B., 1920
University of Pennsylvania, B. Arch., 1923; M. Arch., 1924
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsJacob K. Javits Federal Building
James Madison Memorial Building, US Library of Congress
ProjectsWright Brothers National Memorial

Alfred Easton Poor (May 24, 1899 – January 13, 1988) was an American architect noted particularly for buildings and projects in New York City and in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. government.

A son of Charles Lane Poor, Alfred Poor served in the U.S. Navy in World War I and in the U.S. Navy Reserve in World War II.[1]

As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied under Paul Philippe Cret.[2][3]

Poor served as the president of the National Academy of Design in New York from 1966 to 1977, organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975.[4] He has been called "one of America's most prominent twentieth century architects"[2] and a "prominent member of the international school of modern architecture."[5]

Projects

Over his long career, Poor's projects included public and private-sector works.

Along with fellow New York architect Robert P. Rogers, Poor won the open international design competition for the Wright Brothers National Memorial in 1928.[2][3][4]

For the U.S. government, he worked on a project that restored and extended the East Front of the US Capitol building in the early 1960s,[2][4] and was also a leading architect in designing the US Library of Congress' James Madison Memorial Building,[4][6] the third-largest public building in Washington.[6]

Poor was especially active in the New York City area. His projects include the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building,[4][7] the Queens County Courthouse and prison in Kew Gardens,[4][8] the Home Insurance Company Building,[9][10] and the 40-acre Red Hook housing projects.[4]

Poor was chosen by Walter Annenberg to design the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.[2][11] His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.[12]

According to his obituary in

National City and Marine Midland banks" and "designed a number of Long Island country homes."[4] Other works include the Cape Cinema, in Dennis, Massachusetts.[13]

Books

Poor's books about historical architecture include Formal Design in Minor French Buildings - The Tuileries Brochures (1931) and Colonial Architecture of

Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (1932).[2]

Personal life

References

  1. ^ Social Networks and Archival Context Project
  2. ^ a b c d e f Art of the Print
  3. ^ a b Library of Congress, American Treasures
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary, New York Times
  5. ^ Art History 3401, University of Minnesota
  6. ^ a b Library of Congress
  7. ^ New York Architecture - Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building
  8. ^ "NYC.gov Website". Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  9. ^ "In-Arch.net". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  10. ^ A View on Cities
  11. ^ University of Pennsylvania: An Architectural Tour. By George E. Thomas and Lewis Tanner
  12. ^ "Alfred Easton Poor". Olympedia. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  13. ^ Cape Cinema, About
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