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American architect
Buffalo Central Terminal
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Hamilton GO station
Alfred T. Fellheimer (March 9, 1875 – 1959) was an American architect. He began his career with
Reed & Stem , where he was lead architect for
Grand Central Terminal . Beginning in 1928, his firm Fellheimer & Wagner designed
Cincinnati Union Terminal .
Biography
Felheimer was born in Chicago.
[1] He graduated in 1895 from the
University of Illinois School of Architecture where he had studied with
Nathan Clifford Ricker .
In 1898, he joined the firm of
Frost & Granger . In 1903 he joined
Reed and Stem . As a junior partner he was lead architect in Reed & Stem's partnership with
Warren and Wetmore to design
Grand Central Terminal during
its construction , starting in 1903. Following the death of
Charles Reed in 1911 he became a named partner of Stem & Fellheimer which designed
Union Station (Utica, New York) in 1913. The firm became Fellheimer & Long with Allen H. Stem Associated Architects in 1914 and designed the
Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) in the
Bronx .
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[3]
In 1923 he and an associate, Steward Wagner, from the earlier firm formed Fellheimer & Wagner and designed the
Union Station in
Erie, Pennsylvania . The firm completed the Cincinnati station in 1933.
[3] In 1939 the firm had a commission to do a complete overhaul of the
CBS Studio Building .
The firm became Fellheimer, Wagner & Vollmer which designed the
Farragut Houses project in
Brooklyn starting in 1942.
[4] and the Albany Houses complex in Brooklyn starting in 1950
[5] for the
New York City Housing Authority .
In 1951, the firm designed a new Montclair, New Jersey branch store with Roland Wank for Newark-based
Hahne & Company . In 1952, Fellheimer & Wagner designed the
Beekman Theatre in New York City.
The architectural drawings of Fellheimer & Wagner are held by the Department of Drawings & Archives at the
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library ,
Columbia University .
[6]
Projects
Grand Central Terminal , Manhattan, New York, 1913
Quaker Ridge (NYW&B station) , New Rochelle, New York, 1912
[7]
Union Station , Utica, New York, 1913
[7]
Morris Park (NYW&B station) , Bronx, New York 1914
Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia) , 1916
[7]
Union Station (Burlington, Vermont) , 1916
[7]
Union Station , Erie Pennsylvania, 1927
[7]
Greensboro (Amtrak station) , Greensboro, North Carolina, 1927
[7]
Buffalo Central Terminal , Buffalo, New York, 1929
[7]
Union Station (South Bend, Indiana) , 1929
[7]
Hamilton GO Centre (TH&B Head Office and Hamilton Station), Hamilton, Ontario (1931-1933)
[8]
Cincinnati Union Terminal , Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933
[7]
CBS Studio Building , Manhattan, New York, 1939 (remodel)
Farragut Houses , Brooklyn, New York, 1942
Albany Houses, Brooklyn, New York, 1950
Hahne & Company department store, Montclair, New Jersey, 1951
Beekman Theatre, Manhattan, 1952
See also
Gallery
Quaker Ridge Station of New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, New Rochelle, New York
Union Station, Utica, New York
Morris Park Station facade, New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad, Bronx, New York
Terminal Station, Macon, Georgia
Union Station, Burlington, Vermont
Union Station, Erie, Pennsylvania
Southern Railway (Amtrak) Depot interior, Greensboro, North Carolina
Union Station, South Bend, Indiana
Hahne & Company department store, Montclair, New Jersey
References
^ campus), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign (1 January 1918).
"The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois" . University of Illinois. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Google Books.
^ AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White (Author), Elliot Willensky (Author) Three Rivers Press; 4 edition (June 2000)]
ISBN
0-8129-3107-6
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"Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects, 1788-1940 - architecturecincy.org - Retrieved January 9, 2009" . Archived from
the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2009-01-09 .
^ GmbH, Emporis.
"Farragut Houses I, New York City - 113845 - EMPORIS" . Retrieved 30 June 2016 . [
dead link ]
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"Albany Houses | Buildings | EMPORIS" . www.emporis.com . Archived from
the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022 .
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"Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library | Columbia University Libraries" . Columbia.edu. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-06-30 .
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i Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations . New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 116, 166, 174, 191, 248, 267, 314, 386–387.
ISBN
978-0471143895 .
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"Forgotten Hamilton featuring the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Station TH&B" .
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