Horace Trumbauer

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Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 - November 18th,1938) was a prominent architect of the gilded age. Known predominantly for designing residential manors for the wealthy, later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and part of the campus of Duke University. His style of know for including period styles.

He began his career as an apprentice to G. W. and W. D. Hewitt for six years. He opened his architectural office in 1890 and did some work for for developers Wendell and Smith designing homes for middle-class planned communities including the Overbrook Farms development. In 1903, he married Sara Thomson Williams and became a stepfather to Agnes Helena. Architectural Record published his work in 1904. He had a number of commisions until the Great Depression. He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1938.

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Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia PA 1914
Bankers' Trust Office Building, Philadelphia PA 1922
Beneficial Savings Fund Society building, Philadelphia PA 1916
Ben Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia PA 1925
Chelten House, Elkins Park PA 1896 1909
Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC
The Elms, Newport, RI
Elkins Memorial YMCA, Philadelphia PA
El Mirasol Palm Beach, Florida
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Georgian Terrace (now Temple University Tyler School of Fine Arts, Elkins Park PA 1905
Grey Towers Castle, Glenside, PA 1892
Irvine Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA
James B. Duke House, New York, NY
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia PA; Curtis Clinic Building 1931, Jefferson Medical College Building 1929
Jenkintown Train Station, Jenkintown, PA
Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA
Land Title Building, Philadelphia, PA 1902
Le Chateau Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 1928
Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, PA
Music Pavilion at Willlow Grove Amusement Park 1895
Miramar Newport RI 1914
New York Post building, New York NY 1926
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia, PA 1923
Saint James Apartments, Philadelphia, PA 1901
The Racquet Club, Philadelphia, PA 1912
Union League Annex, Philadelphia, PA 1909
WesBanco Fairmont, WV 1911
Whitemarsh Hall, Springfield, PA 1916
Widener Building, Philadelphia, PA 1914
Widener Library, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Widener Memorial Training School for Crippled Children, Philadelphia, PA