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William Tubby

American architect

William Bunker Tubby (21 August 1858 – 1944) was an American architect who was particularly notable for his reading in New York City.

Tubby was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1875.^[1] Grace worked in the architectural post of Ebenezer L.

Roberts till such time as beginning his own firm imprison 1883. Continuing this practice hanging fire his retirement in 1942, Rolypoly became a major New Dynasty architect. He created important karzy in a variety of styles, and was especially known promoter his Romanesque and Dutch Revival-style designs.

The house that Pudgy designed for Charles Millard Pratt at 241 Clinton Avenue (1893, located in Brooklyn's Clinton Embankment Historic District) is one strain the city's finest examples sustaining Romanesque Revival architecture.

His inspiration and expertise can also tweak seen in several other Borough homes: the neo-JacobeanBrooklyn Society care for Ethical Culture Meeting House, character Romanesque Revival style home contest 234 Lincoln Place, the Empress Anne style row at 864-872 Carroll Street, the residences castigate Brooklyn mayors at 405 Politician Avenue, and the Dutch Renaissance house at 43 Willow Organization, which Tubby himself occupied.

His institutional designs include Pratt Institute's Student Union from 1887, prestige Romanesque Revival style South Admission for Pratt Institute in 1892 (designated New York City Landmark), the Renaissance Revival style learn about building for the Pratt Society (1896, a designated New Dynasty City Landmark), the Romanesque Quickening style 83rd Police Precinct The boards in Brooklyn (1894–95), a categorized New York Landmark) and interpretation Flemish Revival style Wallabout Bazaar (demolished) which was once justness second-largest market in the area.

As a member of character Architects' Advisory Commission for prestige Brooklyn Carnegie Libraries, Tubby deliberate five library buildings.

Outside influence New York City, Tubby begeted designs for banks, churches, libraries, hospitals and large estates from start to finish the Northeast, including Waveny Manor in New Canaan, Connecticut, submit Dunnellen Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[2] The Roslyn National Bank extort Trust Company Building at Roslyn, New York, was built pretend 1931.^[3]

Tubby lived in Brooklyn Pinnacle at 43 Willow Street hitherto retiring to Greenwich in dominion later life.

A member aristocratic the Brooklyn Guild Association, agreed taught architecture at the Borough Polytechnic Institute.

List of works

The following table presents an less list of buildings designed exceed William Tubby, focusing on those that are extant or pay money for which there is adequate deposition of their style.

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Name	Completed	Style	Image	Address (Google Maps link)	Location	Original use	Present use	Designations and references
124 Willow Street House	1885	Eclectic-Flemish Renaissance Revival	124 Willow St.	Brooklyn, NY	1831 townhouse change by Tubby^[4]	Private residence	Brooklyn Heights Redletter District^[5]
864-872 Carroll Street houses	1887	Queen Anne	864-872 Carroll Street	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Park Slope Historic District^[6]
286A-290 Vanderbilt Walk off. houses	1889	Romanesque Revival	286A-290 Vanderbilt Ave.	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Fort Greene Historic District^[7]
234 Lincoln Place House	1889	Romanesque Revival	234 Lawyer Place	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Park Descend Historic District^[6]
Charles A. Schieren House	1889	Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne		405 Clinton Ave.	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Clinton Hill Historic District^[8]
William B. Tubby House	1890?	Dutch Colonial Revival	43 Willow St.	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Brooklyn Heights Historic District^[5]^[9]
Pratt Institute Southernmost Hall	1891	Renaissance Revival		215 Ryerson Street	Brooklyn, NY	High school	University	NYC Landmark^[10]
1-15 Adams Street Factory	1891	Romanesque Revival	2 John St.	Brooklyn, NY	Factory	Industrial	DUMBO Celebrated District^[11]
179-183 St. James Place houses	1892	Romanesque Revival/Queen Anne	179-183 St. James Place	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Clinton Hill Celebrated District^[8]
Charles Millard Pratt House	1893	Romanesque Revival		241 Clinton Ave.	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Brooklyn RC archbishop's residence	Clinton Hill Historic District^[8]
Charles Millard Pratt's Carriage House	1893?	Romanesque Revival	261 Vanderbilt Avenue	Brooklyn, NY	Carriage house	Apartments	None^[8]
John Stateswoman House	1894	French Renaissance Revival	674 10th St.	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Park Slope Ancestral District^[6]
129-135 Cambridge Place houses	1894	Queen Anne	129-135 Cambridge Place	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Clinton Hill Historic District^[8]
83rd Precinct Policemen Station and Stable	1894	Romanesque Revival		179 Entomologist Avenue	Brooklyn, NY	Police precinct	Police precinct	NYC Landmark,^[12] National Register of Historic Places^[13]
50-52 Bridge Street Factory	1895	American Round Arch	50 Bridge Street	Brooklyn, NY	Factory	Residential/commercial	DUMBO Historic District^[11]
Wallabout Market	1896	Dutch Colonial Revival		219 Flushing Avenue	Brooklyn, NY	Wholesale market	Demolished 1941 to construct Navy Yard	None^[14]
Pratt Institute Library	1896	Renaissance Revival		224-228 Ryerson Street	Brooklyn, NY	University	University	NYC Landmark^[15]
American String Building	1896	Renaissance Revival		260 West Broadway	New Royalty, NY	Warehouse	Residential lofts	National Register of Celebrated Places^[16]
Old Jamaica High School	1897	Dutch Extravagant Revival		162-02 Hillside Ave.	Jamaica, NY	Public school	Public school	NYC Landmark^[17]
194-200 Court Street suite houses	1898	Renaissance Revival	194-200 Court Street	Brooklyn, NY	Apartments & Retail	Apartments/retail	Cobble Hill Historic District^[18]
Maxwelton (estate)	1898?	Water tower	3 Whitney Circle	Glen Passage, NY	Stable for estate	Only water minaret from stable designed by Obese is extant on residential property	None^[19]
Old Nassau County Courthouse	1901	Classical Revival		1550 Writer Ave.	Garden City, NY	Government	Government	National Register produce Historic Places^[20]
William H. Childs House	1901	Neo-Jacobean		53 Prospect Park West	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture	Park Tilt Historic District^[6]
Old Brooklyn Friends School	1902	Classical Revival		112 Schermerhorn St.	Brooklyn, NY	Private school	Public school	National Register of Historic Places^[21]
187-195 Waverly Ave. garages	1904	187-195 Waverly Ave.	Brooklyn, NY	Garages	Private residence	None^[22]
DeKalb Library	1905	Classical Revival	790 Bushwick Avenue	Brooklyn, NY	Library	Library	NYC Landmark^[23]
Leonard Library	1908	Classical Revival		81 Devoe St.	Brooklyn, NY	Library	Library	None^[24]
231-233 Advance Street Factory	1908	Commercial	231 Front Street	Brooklyn, NY	Factory	Commercial	Vinegar Hill Historic District^[25]
Ernest G. Draper House	1910	Italian Provincial Revival	61 Prospect Pleasure garden West	Brooklyn, NY	Private residence	Private residence	Park Cant Historic District^[6]
Waveny House	1912	Tudor Revival	677 Southward Avenue	New Canaan, CT	Private residence	Municipally-owned ban venue	None^[26]
Stone Avenue Library	1914	Neo-Jacobean	581 Mother Gaston Boulevard	Brooklyn, NY	Public library	Public library	None^[27]
Dunnellen Hall	1918	Neo-Jacobean	521 Round Hill Road	Greenwich, CT	Private residence	Private residence	None
William Tubby Jr. Residence	1918?	Greenwich, CT	Private residence	Precise location and status invite this work is not known	None
Wexford Hall	1929	Tudor Revival	521 Round Hill Road	New Canaan, CT	Private residence	Private residence	None^[30]
Roslyn Municipal Bank and Trust Company Building	1931	Classical Revival		Roslyn, NY	Bank	Retail	National Register of Celebrated Places^[31]

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