Adams & Prentice

Adams & Prentice, Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice, and Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge were s series of American architectural firms in mid-twentieth-century New York City, with Adams & Prentice (fl. 1929-1941) being the most well-known, all established by architect Lewis Greenleaf Adams, AIA with various partners.^[1] The series of partnerships were the predecessor firms of the influential firm Adams & Woodbridge (fl. 1945-1974), which was functional from 1945 to 1974 with partners Adams and Frederick James Woodbridge, FAIA, formerly of the firm Evans, Moore & Woodbridge. Adams & Woodbridge later estimated in 1953 that their firm and its above-mentioned predecessor firms had been responsible for “about 100 residences and alterations.” ^[2] In 1929, the office was located at 15 West 38th Street, Manhattan.^[3]

Works as Adams & Prentice (1929-1941)

• 1929: 255 West 34th Street, 6-story brick stores & loft building, built for 255 West 34th Street, Inc., (Theodore Margulis, President) at a cost of $45,000^[3]
• 1930: Brooks School (Andover, Massachusetts), $75,000^[2]
• 1930: Gnome Bakery (New York City), $10,000^[2]
• 1931: Richard B. Byrd School (Glen Rock, New Jersey). $85,000^[2]
• 1932: The Yale Daily News Building, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, $93,000 (as Adams & Prentice) ^[1] or $100,000^[2]
• 1940: St. Bernard's School, Manhattan, New York City, $77,000 ^[2]

Works as Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge

• 1932: Wetherfield Church Home, Wetherfield, Connecticut, $100,000^[2]

Works as Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice

• 1931: West Middle School for the Hartford, Connecticut, School District, $325,000^[1] or $340,000^[2]
• 1931: Madison Beach Yacht Club (Madison, Connecticut), $80,000^[2]
• 1934: U.S. Government Federal Building and Post Office (Hartford, Connecticut), $1,031,000 (as Malmfeldt, Adams & Prentice) ^[1] or $1,080,000.^[2]
• 1940: Edo Aircraft Factory for the Edo Aircraft Corporation, Long Island City, New York City, $305,000^[1][2]

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