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American architect and designer
Henry Martyn Congdon
FAIA (May 10, 1834 – February 28, 1922)
[1] was an American architect and designer. The son of an
Episcopal priest who was a founder of the
New York Ecclesiological Society ,
[2] he was born in
Brooklyn, New York . In 1854, he graduated from
Columbia College , where he was a member of
Psi Upsilon .
[3]
Congdon was apprenticed to
John W. Priest ,
[4] and following Priest's death, assumed his practice, located at the time in
Newburgh, New York . He moved the practice to Manhattan, cooperating for a time with Emlen T. Littell and
J. Cleveland Cady .
[5] Together with Cady he designed the Brooklyn Academy of Design in the
High Victorian Gothic mode.
[6] Congdon later practiced alone, until he was joined by his son, Herbert Wheaton Congdon. He resided in Brooklyn at the time of his death.
Specializing in churches, he designed numerous Episcopal churches during his career, mainly in the
Gothic Revival tradition.
During the
Civil War , he served as a member of the 7th Regiment. During his career, he was Vice President of the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Secretary of the
American Institute of Architects .
Chapel of the Good Shepherd (1872),
Shattuck-Saint Mary's School, Faribault, Minnesota
Christ Episcopal Church (1878), St. Michaels, Maryland
Works
His church designs include:
Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion , St. Peter, Minnesota, 1869.
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church (now Union Baptist), Hartford, Connecticut, 1871.
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (now Islamic Awareness Center), Binghamton, New York, 1871
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church , Manhattan, New York, 1872.
Calvary Episcopal Church , Utica, New York, 1872.
Chapel of the Good Shepherd,
Shattuck-Saint Mary's School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1872.
Grace Episcopal Church , Paducah, Kentucky, 1873.
Trinity Episcopal Church,
Lime Rock , Connecticut, 1874.
Christ Episcopal Church,
St. Michaels, Maryland , 1878.
St. Lukes Episcopal Church , Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1880.
St. John's Episcopal Church ,
Dubuque ,
Iowa , 1878.
Christ Episcopal Church,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire , 1883, burned 1963.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church ,
Cheyenne, Wyoming , 1886.
St. James Episcopal Church , Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1888.
Christ Episcopal Church,
Westerly, Rhode Island , 1894.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Lewistown, PA) , 1894.
Christ Episcopal Church,
Ansonia, Connecticut , 1896.
Calvary Episcopal Church,
Summit, New Jersey , 1896
Church of the Ascension, (Mount Vernon, New York)), 1896.
Trinity Episcopal Church,
Torrington, Connecticut , 1898.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1899.
St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral , Boise, Idaho, 1900.
All Saints' Episcopal Church , Easton, Maryland, 1900.
St. John's Episcopal Church,
Boulder, Colorado , 1903.
Christ Episcopal Church New Brighton , Staten Island, New York, 1904.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Philipsburg, Pennsylvania , 1911.
He also designed a number of baptismal fonts and similar appurtenances for other churches.
Gallery
Brooklyn Academy of Design
Christ Episcopal Church (1896), Ansonia, Connecticut
Calvary Episcopal Church (1896), Summit, New Jersey.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1911), Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
St. James Episcopal Church , Cambridge, Massachusetts.
References
External links
Obituary , The New York Times , March 3, 1922.
Obituary , Journal of the American Institute of Architects , April 1922.
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