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Gilbert, Cass
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Gilbert, Cass (1859–1934). American architect. He designed the Minnesota State Capitol, St Paul, MN (1895–1903), a vast
Beaux-Arts pile with a dome based on
Michelangelo's at San Pietro, Rome, which made his reputation, gaining him commissions to design the US Custom House (1901–7) and the Florentine
palazzo of the Union Club (1902), both in NYC. He later built a
Gothic skyscraper on West Street, NYC (1905–7), the trial run for the huge Woolworth Building, NYC (1911–13), that was clad in light-weight fire-resistant
faïence. The pyramidal composition of the New York Life Insurance Building (1925–8) was crowned with a vaguely Gothic spire. His later buildings were nearly all Classical.
Bibliography
Christen & Flanders (eds.)(2001);
Heilbrun (ed.) (2000);
Ed.Ka (ed.) (1970);
Pierson & and Jordy (1970–86)
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"Inventing the Skyline": the career of Cass Gilbert.(Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Cass Gilbert practiced architecture in New York from...Inventing the Skyline: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert" is a fall exhibition at the New-York...Society is the principal repository of Cass Gilbert documents, from billing records to personal...
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UNFINISHED WORK: Cass Gilbert's remarkable vision for Capitol apparently only partly fulfilled
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 2/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...rustymarks@wvgazette.com Architect Cass Gilbert, who designed the Capitol building...really unfinished, in regards to Cass Gilbert's intentions," said Frederick...Thursday. Christen will present "Cass Gilbert and the West Virginia State Capitol...
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Restoration complete at landmarked Cass Gilbert.(commercial building at 130 West 30th St. being converted to condominiums)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 9/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...property was recently designated "The Cass Gilbert Building," with the approval...grandson and representatives of the Cass Gilbert Society, formed to perpetuate...Alexander of Douglas Elliman, the Cass Gilbert is offering a wide variety of two...
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Museum Bids for Cass Gilbert Plans
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/11/2001; ; 525 words
; ...05-11-2001 Museum Bids for Cass Gilbert Plans CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP...Eight decades after the state hired Cass Gilbert to design its gold-domed Capitol...I may have underestimated Cass Gilbert's interest and importance...
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Architect Cass Gilbert's vision: ; Looking to the future by remembering the past; Team researches where the state Capitol Complex has been so contemporary West Virginians can chart where its going
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 5/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; Architect Cass Gilbert worked with three West Virginia governors...Archives, Bollinger Collection Architect Cass Gilbert, Gov. William G. Conley and members...history in depth. See more photos and a Cass Gilbert sketch of gardens the architect had...
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Archivist in pursuit of Capitol drawings: ; eBay to sell; Cass Gilbert memorabilia; Bid money sought
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...should rightfully own: Architect Cass Gilbert's original 1921 plans for the...done by Gilbert and his son, Cass Gilbert Jr. The package also includes...and roofed them with red tile. "Cass Gilbert and other 20th century architects...
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Condo loft sales soaring at Cass Gilbert.(Residential Housing)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 11/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...property was recently designated "The Cass Gilbert Building," with the approval...grandson and representatives of the Cass Gilbert Society, formed to perpetuate...this incredible reaction to The Cass Gilbert. This is the hottest project in...
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State vying for Cass Gilbert's drawing of Capitol in auction: ; About $5,200 in contributions collected for effort
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 5/10/2001; ; 674 words
; ...position in an online auction of the Cass Gilbert's drawings of the state Capitol...Butterfields alerted him recently that the Cass Gilbert documents would go up for auction...building, which was later designed by Cass Gilbert Jr. "Next to the state seal...
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Capitol: ; Surely private donors will help the state buy Cass Gilbert's plans
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 4/27/2001; ; 422 words
; ARCHITECT Cass Gilbert's gold-crowned neo-classical...must be vigilant about keeping their Cass Gilbert capitol in good condition. The golden...ink drawings by Gilbert and his son, Cass Gilbert Jr., on waxed linen and tracing paper...
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Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist.(Review)
Magazine article from: American Studies International; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Sharon Irish. Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist (New York: Monacelli Press...series, likewise offers an initial perspective on a key figure. But Cass Gilbert is a harder subject to address. His U.S. Custom House in New...
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Gilbert, Cass
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
GILBERT, CASS Cass Gilbert was the U.S. architect responsible for the traditional style and...architectural debts to the creators of the plan of Washington." — Cass Gilbert Shortly after moving to New York, Gilbert was among those invited...
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Gilbert, Cass 1859-1934
Book article from: American Decades
GILBERT, CASS 1859-1934 Architect Skyscraper Architect Cass Gilbert, one of the most respected Beaux-Arts...1918. Sources: Patricia Anne Murphy, Cass Gilbert: Minnesota Master Architect (Minneapolis...
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Cass Gilbert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cass Gilbert 1859-1934, American architect, b. Zanesville, Ohio, studied at the...considerable influence in its time on the development of the skyscraper . Among Gilbert's other conspicuous works are the New York Life Insurance Company Building...
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Architecture of the Supreme Court Building
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...in 1928, he selected his friend Cass Gilbert to design a suitably impressive...resembled the Greek Parthenon, which Gilbert used as his model. To enhance...those on the left are likenesses of Cass Gilbert and the lawyer‐statesman...
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The 1920s: Fashion: People in the News
Book article from: American Decades
...Helena Rubinstein, literary critic Gilbert Seldes, and Saks Fifth Avenue president...geodesic domes. In 1928 architect Cass Gilbert began work on the U.S. Supreme...important of the three structures Gilbert designed for the national capital...
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