Talk:Cass Gilbert

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[edit] Otto and Addie Kahn House

not sure if i did it right, but i tried to delete "The Otto and Addie Kahn House, now, Covenant of the Sacred Heart, New York City, 1918." among the list of Cass Gilbert's built works, as it should be attributed to C. P. H. Gilbert, or Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert. excerpt from NYTimes article below by Christopher Gray:

"A third contemporaneous Gilbert mansion was that of Frank W. Woolworth at the northeast corner of 80th Street and Fifth Avenue, now demolished but similar to the Fletcher and Kleeberg houses. The Woolworth connection has led some to confuse C. P. H. Gilbert with Cass Gilbert, the architect Woolworth chose for his skyscraper at Broadway and Barclay Street, built in 1913. There was also another prominent architectural Gilbert at the time, Bradford Lee Gilbert, who designed many railroad stations; none are closely related."

• You are correct - the Otto and Addie Kahn House was not designed by Cass Gilbert, but by CPH Gilbert (Charles Pierrepont Henry), an architect prominant in the construction of many Upper East side residences in NYC. Short biographical info here. Good catch. MarcoTolo 00:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)