Robert W. Gibson

Robert W. Gibson, AIA, (1854 in England – 1927 in New York City) was an English-born American ecclesiastical architect active in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New York City and New York State. He designed several large Manhattan churches and a number of prominent residences and institutional buildings.

Gibson studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. He won a competition to design All Saints Cathedral (Albany, New York).^[1]

Works

• 1885 Notleymere, Cazenovia (town), New York
• 1888 All Saints Cathedral (Albany, New York)
• 1888 (remodeling) St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo, New York)
• 1889-1890 St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Olean, New York)
• 1890 St. Michael's Episcopal Church (New York City)
• 1892 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
• 1890-92 Music Hall (Sailors' Snug Harbor), Staten Island
• 1890-93, Randall Memorial Church (Sailors' Snug Harbor), Staten Island, demolished 1952.^[2]
• 1905 Morton F. Plant House, 651 Fifth Avenue, New York, with C.P.H. Gilbert. Since 1917, this has been Cartier's Flagship Store.

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  All Saints Cathedral (Albany, New York), 1888, West facade.

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  St. Michael's Episcopal Church (New York City), 1890.

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  Snug Harbor Music Hall, 1890–92, Staten Island, New York City.

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  Morton F. Plant House, 1905. Cartier Jewelers' New York landmark location on 5th Avenue.

Personal

Gibson married in 1890 to Caroline J. Hammond. They had four children: three daughters and a son.^[3]

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