Cross and Cross (Architects)

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Cross and Cross (1907-1942) [1] was a New York City based architectural firm founded by brothers John Walter Cross and Eliot Cross.

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[edit] History

The firm was known as Old New York City Society's architectural firm of choice. [2] John Cross studied architecture at Columbia University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and served as the creative half of the partnership, while Eliot Cross focused on the development side of the business, particularly through his role as Chairman of the Board of the real estate development firm of Webb and Knapp, which he organized in 1922. [3] The two firm's shared office space in The Knapp Building on Madison Avenue. [4]

[edit] Commissions

20 Exchange Place
20 Exchange Place
General Electric Building from the southeast
General Electric Building from the southeast
  • Harriman Building, New York, NY [[22] [23]
  • Hotel InterContinental, New York, NY [24]
  • The Hewitt School 45 East 75th Street, New York, NY
  • ILX Systems (Aetna) 151 William Street, New York, NY [25]
  • James McCutcheon & Co. store, 609 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY [26]
  • The Knapp Building, 383-385 Madison Avenue, New York, NY (demolished)
  • Leigh Hall, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT, [27]
  • The Links Club, 36 East 62nd, New York, NY
  • Louis Spencer Morris and Emily Coster Morris House, 116 East 80th Street, New York, NY
  • Edward S. Moore Residence, Roslyn, New York
  • Museum of Non-Objective Painting, 24 East 54th Street, New York, NY
  • One Sutton Place South with Rosario Candela, New York, NY [28]
  • Park Plaza Apartments, Worcester, MA, [29]
  • Guaranty Trust Company of New York building at Place de la Concorde, Paris, France [30]
  • Postum Building, 250 Park Avenue, New York, NY [31]
  • Ernest Stillman House, 45 East 75th Street, New York, NY
  • Stone & Webster Building, New York, NY [32]
  • Tiffany's, 727 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY [33]
  • The Union and New Haven Trust Building (now Wachovia Bank) on the New Haven Green New Haven, CT.[34]
  • Warner Bros. Studio Store, 1 East 57th Street, New York, NY (originally New York Trust Company Building)
  • Wiley Building, New York, NY, [35]
  • George and Martha Whitney House 120 East 80th Street, New York, NY [36]
  • The Yorkgate, New York, NY, [37]



[edit] Notes

  1. ^ NY Times- Eliot Cross Obituary
  2. ^ Hamptons.com Bayberry Land
  3. ^ NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, page 3
  4. ^ NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, page 3
  5. ^ Emporis- 1 East 42nd Street
  6. ^ Emporis- 53 Park Place]
  7. ^ Emporis- 155 East 72nd Street
  8. ^ Emporis- 405 Park Avenue
  9. ^ Emporis- 720 Park Avenue
  10. ^ NYC-Architecture- The Assisium School
  11. ^ Emporis- Bank of America International
  12. ^ U.S. Library of Congress
  13. ^ Hamptons.com Bayberry Land
  14. ^ Emporis- Central Hanover Building
  15. ^ Emporis-Manufacturers Trust Company Building
  16. ^ Columbia University Church of Notre Dame
  17. ^ Emporis- City Bank Farmers Trust Company Building
  18. ^ Emporis- Federal Office Building
  19. ^ Yorktown, NY
  20. ^ Emporis-Franklin Towers
  21. ^ NYC-Architecture- General Electric Building
  22. ^ Emporis- Harriman Building
  23. ^ NY Times- Harriman Building Sold
  24. ^ Emporis- Hotel InterContinental
  25. ^ NYC-Architecture- ILX Systems
  26. ^ Emporis- McCutcheon Building
  27. ^ Yale University
  28. ^ Emporis- One Sutton Place
  29. ^ Emporis- Park Plaza Apartments
  30. ^ NY Times Obituary- John W. Cross
  31. ^ Emporis- Postum Building
  32. ^ Emporis- Stone & Webster Building
  33. ^ The City Review- Tiffany's
  34. ^ www.travelphotobase.com, photo of building
  35. ^ Emporis- Wiley Building
  36. ^ City Realty
  37. ^ Emporis- The Yorkgate

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