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George B. Post & Sons was an American architectural firm active in New York City and
Practice history[edit]
George B. Post & Sons was established in 1904 as the partnership of George B. Post and his sons, William S. Post and J. Otis Post, who had joined the office in 1891 and 1901, respectively. It was the successor to Post's individual practice, established in 1867.[1] With the elder Post busy with the Wisconsin State Capitol, much of the other work of the firm, especially hotels, was left to his sons.[1] After their father's death in 1913 his sons continued the firm under the same name and developed their specialties in hotel and hospital design. William S. Post retired from practice in 1930, and died in 1940. Lessing W. Williams joined the partnership in 1944, followed by J. Otis Post's son Edward E. Post in 1948. J. Otis Post died in 1951, and
William Stone Post was born in 1866. He graduated from Columbia University in 1890 and joined his father's office in 1891. He became a partner in 1904, retired in 1930 and died in 1940.[1]
James Otis Post was born in 1873. He graduated from Columbia University in 1896 before travelling to Paris to attend the Beaux Arts. After he was awarded his diplome in 1901 he returned to join his father's office. He became a partner in 1904, retired in 1949 and died in 1951.[1]
Edward Everett Post was born in 1911 to J. Otis Post. He joined his father's office in 1946 and became sole principal in 1949. In 1972 he moved the office from NYC to Huntington NY and closed in 1995. He died in 2006.[1]
Pre-1913 projects:
- Cleveland Trust, Cleveland (1905-08)
- NJ Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Glen Gardner (1905-07, now Hagedorn hospital)
- Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison (1906-17)
- Pontiac Hotel, Oswego (1910-12)
- Statler Hotel, Cleveland (1911-12)
- Samaritan Hospital, Troy (1912-13)
Post-1913 projects:
- Statler Hotel, Detroit (1914-15)
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland (c.1915)
- Eclipse Park, Beloit (1917-18)
- Statler Hotel, St. Louis (1917)
- Statler Hotel, Buffalo (1921-23)
- Fenway Hall, Cleveland (c.1922)
- Roosevelt Hotel, NYC (1922-24)
- Wade Park Manor, Cleveland (c.1922)
- Warwick Hotel, NYC (1925-27)
- Statler Hotel, Boston (1926-27)
- Geothals Hall, CUNY (1929-30)
- National Town and Country Club, Cleveland (1930)
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