Henry Franklin Kilburn

Henry Franklin Kilburn
West-Park Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam Avenue Facade Entrance, Upper West Side, New York City, 1889
Born	February 20, 1844[1] Ashfield, Massachusetts[1]
Died	September 26, 1905[1] New York City, New York[1]
Nationality	USA
Known for	Architect

Henry Franklin Kilburn, FAIA, (February 20, 1844, Ashfield, Massachusetts — September 26, 1905, New York City) was an American architect active in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New York City who is particularly associated with church architecture.^[2] Although he practiced for a number of years, only toward the end of his career, however, was Kilburn primarily active with ecclesiastical commissions; the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission reports that "Kilburn was also the architect of many private residences, factories, stables, and theaters in Manhattan."^[1]

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Gallery 4 References

Life

Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Kilburn served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he went to stu­dy and prac­tice ar­chi­tec­ture in Northampton, Massachusetts. Around 1869, at the age of twenty-five, he set up a practice in New York City and was elec­ted a prac­ticing mem­ber of the New York Chap­ter of the American Institute of Architects in 1896. "He was a mem­ber of the Ar­chi­tec­tu­ral Le­ague of New York and a num­ber of clubs and as­so­cia­ti­ons. He was elec­ted an As­so­ciate of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects in 1886 and a Fel­low in 1889."^[3]

Much of Kilburn's work has not survived, and that which has, has been under threat of demolition or general dilapidation for many years. He worked in a variety of styles, producing all derivative work of other fashionable architect's styles, including Richardsonian Romanesque and Stanford White's refined Italianate style.^[2] This was often due to his designing the more substantial additions or extensions of buildings. He established his practice in New York City around 1865.^[2]

Works

• Mt. Moriah Baptist Church (New York City) (1888), 2050 Fifth Avenue^[1]

• West-Park Presbyterian Church (1889–1890), New York City, New York (Here he did the main corner church, an extension and stylistic continuation of Leopold Eidlitz's earlier "muscular" Romanesque chapel, built for around $100,000.)^{[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

• St. James Episcopal Church Parish House (Bronx, New York)[ (1891–1892), 2500 Jerome Avenue (designated a New York City Landmark)^[1][12]

• West End Presbyterian Church (1891), Amsterdam Ave. & 105th St. New York^[1][13]

• Colonial Club, 127 West 72nd Street (1892, demolished c.2006), New York City^{[2][14][15][16]}

• House of Frederic B. Pratt, Esq. (c.1893), 229 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York^[17]

• Residence of Mrs. Catherine L. Kernochan, (demolished c.1927 for construction of 825 Fifth Avenue^[18]) 824 Fifth Avenue, New York City.^[19]

• Durland Riding Academy (New York City) (1900–1901), 8 West 67th Street, Upper West Side, in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District)^[1]

• Street and Smith Publishing House (1904), a seven-story brick and stone publishing house on the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 15th Street (built for Smith & Street on 231 William Street for $225,000)^[20]

Gallery

References

Persondata
Name	Kilburn, Henry Franklin
Alternative names
Short description	Architect
Date of birth	February 20, 1844
Place of birth	Ashfield, Massachusetts
Date of death	September 26, 1905
Place of death	New York City, New York