Green and Wicks
Company type | William Sydney Wicks |
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Defunct | 1974 |
Headquarters | Buffalo, New York |
Green & Wicks was an architectural firm of Buffalo, New York.
Practice
Edward Brodhead Green was an 1878 graduate of Cornell University's College of Architecture, and designed a number of buildings which made up Cornell's Agriculture Quadrangle, including Bailey Hall (1912), Caldwell Hall (1913), the Computing and Communications Center (1912, originally known as Comstock Hall), Fernow Hall (1915), and the original Roberts Hall (1906, demolished 1990).
Green's best-known commissions were designed with his partner
- 1884: Green & Wicks founded
- 1917: Renamed E.B. Green & Son
- 1933: Renamed E. B Green after his son's death[dubious ]
- 1936: Renamed Green & James
- 1945: Renamed Green, James & Meadows
- 1950: Renamed James & Meadows after Green's death
- 1952: Renamed James, Meadows & Howard
- 1974: Firm dissolved[2]
The firm's records survive in the library collections of the Buffalo History Museum.[3]
A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[4][5]
Projects
Notable works of the Green & Wicks architectural firm include:
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Scranton, PA(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- American Radiator Company Factory Complex, Buffalo, NY, NRHP-listed
- Bailey Hall, Cornell University, 1912, NRHP-listed
- Buffalo Crematorium Company, 901 W Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY
- Buffalo, NY(Green and Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Brick Presbyterian Church, 6 Church St. Perry, NY (Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Brost Building (c. 1935) in the Broadway Historic District, Lancaster, New York
- Buffalo Athletic Club
- Buffalo Savings Bank Building
- Ithaca, NY(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Charles W. Goodyear House, Buffalo, NY
- Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
- Dun Building, 110 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY
- D.S. Morgan building, (destroyed), Buffalo, NY
- Erie County Holding Center
- Ithaca, NY(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Fidelity Trust Building, now known as "Swan Tower", 284 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
- Kibler High School, 284 Main St., Tonawanda, New York
- Marine National Bank, 1913
- Market Arcade Building, 617 Main St, Buffalo, NY
- Toledo, OH(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Miami, FL(Greene & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- South Park High School
- Stephen Merrell Clement House, 1913, 786 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY, Extant as the Red Cross Building
- St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum, 1313 Main St. Buffalo, NY
- University Club Building (Buffalo)
- Twentieth Century Club (Buffalo, New York)
- Erie, PA(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Ithaca, NY(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
- Buffalo, NY(Green & Wicks), NRHP-listed
Notable works of the E.B. Green and Sons architectural firm include:
- Abbot Hall / Lockwood Memorial Library, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1933
- Crosby Hall, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1931[6]
- Buffalo, NY, NRHP-listed
- Michael J. Dillon Memorial United States Courthouse, 68 Court Street, Buffalo NY
- Garret Club, 91 Cleveland Ave., Buffalo, NY, 1929
Notable works of the Green & James architectural firm include:
- Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, (destroyed), Buffalo NY
- Parker Hall, University at Buffalo (South Campus), 1945
Gallery
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Swan Tower
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Dun building
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Buffalo Crematorium
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Electric Tower
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Crosby Hall
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Abbot Hall
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Buffalo Athletic Club
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Albright-Knox Art Galleryin 1913
See also
References
- ISBN 9780486141213. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ James, Meadows & Howard Records
- ^ "Green & Wicks Bibliography". Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ISBN 9780838753514. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Crosby Hall (CROSBY) – South Campus, Academic Sector". University at Buffalo. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
External links
- E.B. Green at www.buffaloah.com
- Green & Wicks: A bibliography courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum.