Thomas Harlan Ellett

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Thomas Harlan Ellett (1880-1951) was an architect who practiced in New York City.

Early Life and Education

Thomas Harlan Ellett was born at Red Oak, Iowa on September 2, 1880. Ellett was educated at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago (Certificate in Architecture, 1902) and at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture (B.Arch., 1906). After his graduation from Penn, Ellett won the Cresson Traveling Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, which allowed him two years of independent study in Paris and Rome.[1] In 1942, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1945.

Architectural works

  • "Mañana," the E. Mortimer Barnes estate (1914-1920), Old Brookville, New York.
  • Carol B. Alker Residence (1924), Glenhead, New York.
  • "Merriewold," the J. Seward Johnson Sr. Residence (1926), New Brunswick, NJ.
  • Cosmopolitan Club (1932), East 66th Street, New York City.
  • United States Post Office–Bronx Central Annex (1937), 558 Grand Concourse, New York City.
  • United States Post Office and Courthouse (1941), Covington, Kentucky.
The Cosmopolitan Club, New York City
United States Post Office-Bronx Central Annex, New York City

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Harlan Ellett (1880-1951), A Finding Aid for Architectural Records, 1915-1948 in The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania, 2002.


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