John B. Snook
John Butler Snook (1815–1901) was an American architect who practiced in
Life and career
Born in England, Snook emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He was trained as a carpenter in his father's carpentry business, and worked as a bookkeeper and draftsman there as well.
In Snook's partnership with Trench he was also the architect of the
Solo practitioner
After Trench moved west to San Francisco in 1857, Snook continued to work in New York City on his own, and his practice became one of the largest in the city.
Cast-iron for Snook's commercial building facades was provided by
Personal life and death
In 1836 Snook married Maria A. Weekes, with whom he had nine surviving children. Three sons, James Henry, Samuel Booth, and Thomas Edward, joined his practice in 1887,[5] and the firm's name was changed to John B. Snook & Sons on its 50th anniversary.[4] One of his sons-in-law, John W. Boylston, also worked in the firm.[9] Snook died at his home in Brooklyn in 1901. His papers, including an archive of architectural drawings, are conserved in the New-York Historical Society.[9] After his death, the firm's name was changed to John B. Snook Sons.[4] Snook is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
See also
References
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
- ^ a b c d e "NYCLPC SoHo - Cast-Iron Historic District Extension Designation Report" Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, (August 14, 1973). pp.40, 182-183
- ^ Smith, Mary Ann Clegg, The Commercial Architecture of John Butler Snook, (Pennsylvania State University Press) 1974.
- ^ a b c "NYCLPC NoHo Historic District Designation Report" Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (June 29, 1999), p.219
- ^ a b c d "NYCLPC SoHo - Cast-Iron Historic District Extension Designation Report" Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (May 11, 2010), p.180
- ^ Smith, Mary Ann. "John Snook and the design for A. T. Stewart's Store", The New-York Historical Society Quarterly 581974.
- Roman palazzos" according to Ramirez, Jan Seidler; Bogart, Michele Helene and Taylor, William R., Painting the Town: Cityscapes of New York: Paintings from the Museum of the City of New York (2000:116), describing a painting of the Metropolitan Hotel, c.1852.
- ^ Noted by Landau and Condit 1999:43
- ^ a b c New-York Historical Society "Guide to the John B. Snook architectural record collection"
- ^ "St. Nicholas Hotel", The Gentleman's Magazine, 1856: n.b. "1844" is a misprint.
- ^ Davis, Howard. The Culture of Building 2006:62f
- ^ Diamonstein, Barbaralee, The Landmarks of New York: 3, 1998:100; building designated 24 August 1982
- ^ Zukowsky, John and Stimson, Robbe Pierce, Hudson River Villas, 1985:105
- ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
External links
- Media related to John Butler Snook at Wikimedia Commons
- Media related to Trench & Snook at Wikimedia Commons
- The John B. Snook Architectural Record Collection at the New York Historical Society