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Allen & Collens was an architectural partnership of Francis Richmond Allen and Charles Collens. The partnership was formed in 1904.[1]:5 Allen had previously been in partnerships working from Boston, as Allen & Kenway (1878-91) and Allen & Vance (1896-8),[2] who executed Lathrop House (Vassar College) (1901) and Davison House (Vassar College), 1902.
It was a "leading Boston and New York firm" in the early 1900s. The firm was known for its Gothic Revival design work, and "[m]ost notable of the firm's works are the reconstructed Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park and a Gothic Revival hall at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York.[3]:4
Works by the firm and its principal partners (with attribution) include:
- Central Presbyterian Church, 593 Park Avenue, New York, New York (Allen & Collens)[4]
- The Cloisters museum buildings, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan (Allen, Collens & Willis)[5][6]
- Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (Allen & Collens)
- First Parish Church, 87 School St. Waltham, MA (Allen & Collens)[7]
- Hartford Seminary Foundation, 55 Elizabeth St. and 72-120 Sherman St. Hartford, CT (Collens, Charles)[7]
- Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston (Allen & Collens)[8]
- Newton City Hall and War Memorial, 1000 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, MA (Allen & Collens)[7]
- Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, 70 Hooker Ave. Poughkeepsie, NY (Collens, Charles)[7]
- The mansion at Sonnenberg Gardens, the estate house of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson in Canandaigua, New York[1]:5
- Stillington Hall mansion, Gloucester, Massachusetts[9]
- Second Church in Newton, Newton, Massachusetts[10]
- Union Theological Seminary, W. 120th St. and Broadway New York, NY (Allen & Collens)[7]
- United Congregational Church, 877 Park Ave. Bridgeport, CT (Allen & Collens)[7]
- US Post Office--Canandaigua, 28 N. Main St. Canandaigua, NY (Allen & Collens)[7]
Francis R. Allen died in November 1931, and Charles Collens, who continued to practice under the name Collens, Willis and Beckonert, died in September 1956.[11][12]
References
- 1 2 Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canandaigua Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 14 photos".
- ↑ Marquis, ed.Who's Who in New England 1915.
- ↑ Kate Ohno and John Herzan (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: United Congregational Church" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, from 1983
- ↑ "Central Presbyterian Church". nycago.org.
- ↑ "Cloisters Opened on Tryon Heights". The New York Times. May 11, 1938.
- ↑ "Architects File Plans For the New Cloisters". The New York Times. April 6, 1935.("Plans of the Cloisters Building ... were filed yesterday by Allen, Collens & Williams, the architects.")
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Architects & Craftsmen of Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston". Emmanuel Church.
- ↑ "Ron Hazelton House Tour". Good Morning America. January 6, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "F. R. Allen Dead; Boston Architect". New York Times. November 8, 1931.
- ↑ "Charles Collens Dies; Designed Buildings Here". Hartford Courant. September 20, 1956. p. 5.