Horace Greeley Knapp

Horace Greeley Knapp was an American architect.

He had been established as an architect for 20 years but was "still quite a young man" in 1894, when profiled in a directory of New York City.

He was born in rural Rockland County, New York.

Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Works include:
 * Bennett Deyrup House (1887), 309 N Broadway, Upper Nyack, NY
 * American Federation of Human Rights Headquarters (1919-1924), 9070 S. Douglas Blvd. Larkspur, Colorado, NRHP-listed
 * Blaine County Courthouse (Hailey, Idaho), 1st and Croy Sts. Hailey, Idaho, NRHP-listed
 * Homer Pound House, 314 2nd Ave., S. Hailey, Idaho, NRHP-listed
 * Wells Building, Buffalo, New York
 * Taylor's Theater and Office Building, Buffalo, New York
 * Real Estate Exchange Building, Buffalo, New York
 * "Gray Crags" on the Palisades, New York, built for W. S. Opdyke.

He was described as an architect of New York City, with offices at 335 Broadway, in 1919 when he designed the AFHR headquarters building in Colorado.

In 1894 his offices were at 106 and 108 Fulton Street.

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HORACE GREELEY KNAPP, Architect, Nos. 106 and 108 Fulton Street. — Tin ning' to a consideration of architectural interests, one's thoughts revert intuitively to the name of Horace Greeley Knapp, an architect of rare originality, whose handsome creations dot the landscape in widely separated sections of our country, and whose bright intuition, allied with artistic genius and faithful and well-studied attention

to detail of construc- tion, have led to the capture of first prize whenever liis efforts have heen enlisted in competitive work. Mr. Knapp, though still quite a young man, has heen for twenty years estab- lished as an archi- tect, lie having aban- doned a prosperous business as a builder,

Taylob Building, Buffalo, X. Y. iu wl,idl he was employing a large force of mechanics, to follow the natural bent of his mind, at eighteen years of age. That apparently rash act of youth long ago found its justification in the national reputation he has won in the profession of his choice, a profession the highest circle of which he now adorns. Learning the minutiae of his art in this city, he early sought the breadth of opportunity to be found far- ther west and w as for a time in Buffalo, in w hich city the line Wells Build- ing will stand as a monument to his creative skill; as also Taylor's Theater and Office Building, and the Real Estate Exchange Building. These, with " Gray Crags,"' on the Palisades, Xew York, built for W. S. Opdyke, are but examples of his masterpieces. Without dimming in any measure the lustre of his name as an architect, and one of the most valued members of the American Institute of Architects, the suggestion may be ventured that the foundation of his remarkable success in that profession w as laid in the thorough practical experience he gained in the mechanical part of the building trade. Strong color is lent to this supposition by the fact that he has achieved a widespread celebrity for the remarkably wide disparity be- tween the apparent and the actual cost of his buildings; his intimate famil- iarity with the best labor-saving devices and material in variably causing his houses to cost far less than others of similar pretensions, though in his buildings nothing is sacrificed, either in beauty or utility, strength or dura- bility. If all that has heen said could he blotted from recollection, Mr. H. G. Knapp would remain one of the most remarkable men in his profession, by virtue alone of his individuality as the inventor and patentee of the Knapp Portable Building's. These, when planned on the most elaborate scale, are designed to be manufactured by machinery, and to be crated and shipped to any part of the world in such shape that they can he erected without the driving of a nail or the aid of a mechanic. The full force of this presents itself to the mind when it is remembered that the invention applies to many-storied and elaborate structures. To exploit this valuable patent as it merits, a company is shortly to be formed, with a capital of $250,000, and a plant will be acquired for the manufacture of these portable buildings. Catalogues may be had on application. Mr. Knapp was horn in a rural part of Rockland County, and owes his prominent and enviable position to his own decision of purpose and untiring effort. >