William Rutherford Mead
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William Rutherford Mead | |
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Born | Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. | August 20, 1846
Died | June 19, 1928 Paris, France | (aged 81)
Movement | Beaux-Arts, Architecture |
William Rutherford Mead (August 20, 1846 – June 19, 1928) was an American
Early life
Mead was born in
Career
In 1872, Mead partnered with Charles Follen McKim, a fellow New York architect, but Mead's talent was more for running an office rather than designing. This collaboration with McKim produced one of Mead's only known commissions, a house for an Amherst classmate, Dwight Herrick, from Mead's hometown of Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
Around December 1877, the firm took on William Bigelow, the elder brother of McKim's new wife, Annie Bigelow, as a partner, becoming McKim, Mead and Bigelow, with offices at 57 Broadway. In 1879, Bigelow withdrew from the firm, but they were joined by
After his 1883 marriage, he moved to
Personal life
In 1883, Mead married Olga Kilyeni (c. 1850–1936) in Budapest, Hungary.[1]
Mead retired in 1920 and died on June 30, 1928, in a Paris hotel room from a heart attack, after an illness of several weeks, with his wife at his side.
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Baker, Paul R. Stanny
- ^ a b Chisholm, 1911
- ^ "Architects to Honor W.R. Mead". The New York Times. Dec 3, 1928. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "ARCHITECTS EULOGIZE MEAD; Local Chapter of American Institute Holds Memorial Meeting". The New York Times. Dec 5, 1928. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Mead, William Rutherford (1846-1928)". Boston College University Libraries.
- ^ "American Academy of Arts and Letters". World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1919. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1918. p. 216.
- ^ "WILLIAM R. MEAD, ARCHITECT, DEAD; Senior Member of Famous New York Firm, Succumbs at Paris in 82d Year. BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE Noted Designer of Many Artistic Buildings Won Academic Gold Medal for Original Work". The New York Times. June 21, 1928. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- New York Times(November 27, 1928)
- ^ "MEAD GIFT TO AMHERST.; College Will Receive Bequest on Death of Architect's Widow". The New York Times. February 28, 1930. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- New York Times(April 23, 1936)
Bibliography
- Baker, Paul R. Stanny: The Gilded Life of Stanford White New York: Free Press, 1989 ISBN 0-02-901781-5
- Broderick, Mosette. Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America's Gilded Age Broderick, 2010
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 945.
Primary sources
- Mead's papers are archived at Amherst College. This collection includes papers related to Mead's architectural designs for "Redtop," the house in Belmont, Massachusetts, which Mead designed for his sister Elinor Mead Howells. Citation: Mead Papers, 1840–2001 (Bulk: 1846–1950) in William Rutherford Mead (AC 1867) and Olga Kilyeni Mead Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
External links
- William Rutherford Mead (AC 1867) and Olga Kilyeni Mead Papers from the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
- McKim, Mead & White in Buffalo
- FindaGrave site with photos of gravestone of William and Olga in Rome, Italy
- The McKim Mead & White Architectural Records Collection at the New York Historical Society