Ernest Flagg

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Ernest Flagg (February 6, 1857-April 10, 1947) was a noted American architect in the Beaux-Arts style.

Flagg was born in Brooklyn, New York, studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and began his architectural practice in 1891 in New York. His contributions to zoning and height regulations were essential to New York's first laws governing this aspect of the city's architecture. Among his designs were:

the 45-story Singer Building, New York City
the Scribner Building, New York City
the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
St. Luke's Hospital and the Washington State Capitol at Olympia, Washington
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
The Towers, a "castle" on Dark Island
Indian Neck Hall, Long Island estate of Frederick Gilbert Bourne, Oakdale, New York

He was a former president of the New York Society of Beaux-Arts Architects. His brother-in-law was Charles Scribner II, the noted publisher.

[edit] Selected writings

Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)
Le Naos du Parthenon (1928)

[edit] References

Mardges Bacon, Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer, MIT Press (1986)
Paul Malo, "Boldt Castle," Laurentian Press (2001)
Paul Malo, "Fools' Paradise," Laurentian Press (2003)