Galveston Cotton Exchange Building, 2102 Mechanic St., Galveston, TexasDecker Building, New York, NY (1892-93)Baudouine Building, New York, NY (1895-96)Hotel Plaza, Buenos Aires (1905-09)
In 1877, Zucker relocated to the coastal city of Galveston. There, he became the partner of John Moser (1832-1904), an architect who moved there from Toledo, Ohio.[3] Zucker married Moser's daughter, Augusta ("Gussie") Emilia Moser.[4] She died in 1878 in the yellow fever epidemic in Vicksburg, Mississippi, just three months after their marriage.[5] Zucker had left to establish a branch office of the firm in Vicksburg. The partnership lasted until 1880, when Moser relocated to Atlanta.[6] By virtue of the firm's design for the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville, Zucker was appointed State Architect of Mississippi. Due to his poor health, Zucker resigned from his position in 1882 and returned to Europe. The following year, he returned to New York and found work in the office of noted architect Henry Fernbach. Upon Fernbach's death that same year, Zucker founded the firm of Alfred Zucker & Company, with John R. Hinchman as his partner. This association lasted until 1889, after which both Zucker and Hinchman practiced alone. From 1891 to 1893 Zucker employed John H. Edelmann as a designer in his office. Edelmann is known to have designed full buildings for Zucker, most prominently the Decker Building. Edelmann left after 1893, but his work inspired Zucker's later designs until at least 1901.
After 1896, there was less and less work in Zucker's office. As a cost-saving measure, in 1897 he made several employees partners in the firm. These former employees received a fraction of the payments from each design executed, relieving Zucker of the worries of regular wages. Near the end of his American career, Zucker was associated with J. Riely Gordon, a noted architect of public buildings. Gordon was the probable designer of Zucker's Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville, Mississippi, which follows Gordon's standard plan. It was his association with Gordon that ended Zucker's American career. In 1904 he fled with his family to Buenos Aires. His goal was to avoid a "$100,000 suit filed by Gordon, who alleged fraud and misrepresentation".[7] He would have a successful practice in Buenos Aires, dying there in 1913. He would remarry, to Jennie Nace Brooke.
Worksedit
Clara Lang Building, 2109 Strand St., Galveston, Texas (1877) – originally four stories, but the upper two were destroyed in the Hurricane of 1900[8]
Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York, New York (1892–93) – designed by Edelmann; Zucker moved the firm's offices here from the Lincoln Building[34]
^Scardino, Berrie. Clayton's Galveston: The Architecture of Nicholas J. Clayton and His Contemporaries. College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2000.
^Cody, Jeffrey W. Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000. London: Routledge, 2002.
^Historias de la ciudad: una revista de Buenos Aires, Issues 7-12. 2000.
^Romero, Susana Antero. La Inmigración a través de la Literatura. Argentina (1900-1920). Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken, 2014.
^Bulletin of the Pan American Union July 1913: 254.
^Cody, Jeffrey W. Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000. London: Routledge, 2002.
Further readingedit
Alfred Zucker: An Inventory of his Drawings, 1880-1904 University of Texas Library
Mary Kathryn Stroh The Commercial Architecture of Alfred Zucker in Manhattan Master's thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 1973.
Alfred Zucker Architectural Sketches Photographed from Designs for Buildings and from Buildings Erected by Alfred Zucker, Architect. New York: National Chemograph, 1894.
January 01, 1970
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Alfred J R E Zucker January 23 1852 August 2 1913 1 was a German American architect who worked in Galveston Texas Mississippi New York City and Buenos Aires Galveston Cotton Exchange Building 2102 Mechanic St Galveston Texas Decker Building New York NY 1892 93 Baudouine Building New York NY 1895 96 Hotel Plaza Buenos Aires 1905 09 Alfred Zucker was born on January 23 1852 in the town of Freiburg Silesia Prussia since 1945 Swiebodzice Poland He was educated at the Hannover Polytechnische Schule and the Bauakademie He worked briefly for the government before immigrating to the United States in 1872 arriving at New York From 1873 to 1876 he worked in the Office of the Supervising Architect in Washington D C 2 In 1877 Zucker relocated to the coastal city of Galveston There he became the partner of John Moser 1832 1904 an architect who moved there from Toledo Ohio 3 Zucker married Moser s daughter Augusta Gussie Emilia Moser 4 She died in 1878 in the yellow fever epidemic in Vicksburg Mississippi just three months after their marriage 5 Zucker had left to establish a branch office of the firm in Vicksburg The partnership lasted until 1880 when Moser relocated to Atlanta 6 By virtue of the firm s design for the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville Zucker was appointed State Architect of Mississippi Due to his poor health Zucker resigned from his position in 1882 and returned to Europe The following year he returned to New York and found work in the office of noted architect Henry Fernbach Upon Fernbach s death that same year Zucker founded the firm of Alfred Zucker amp Company with John R Hinchman as his partner This association lasted until 1889 after which both Zucker and Hinchman practiced alone From 1891 to 1893 Zucker employed John H Edelmann as a designer in his office Edelmann is known to have designed full buildings for Zucker most prominently the Decker Building Edelmann left after 1893 but his work inspired Zucker s later designs until at least 1901 After 1896 there was less and less work in Zucker s office As a cost saving measure in 1897 he made several employees partners in the firm These former employees received a fraction of the payments from each design executed relieving Zucker of the worries of regular wages Near the end of his American career Zucker was associated with J Riely Gordon a noted architect of public buildings Gordon was the probable designer of Zucker s Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville Mississippi which follows Gordon s standard plan It was his association with Gordon that ended Zucker s American career In 1904 he fled with his family to Buenos Aires His goal was to avoid a 100 000 suit filed by Gordon who alleged fraud and misrepresentation 7 He would have a successful practice in Buenos Aires dying there in 1913 He would remarry to Jennie Nace Brooke Works editClara Lang Building 2109 Strand St Galveston Texas 1877 originally four stories but the upper two were destroyed in the Hurricane of 1900 8 Galveston Cotton Exchange Building 2102 Mechanic St Galveston Texas 1878 demolished in 1940 9 Herman Marwitz amp Co Building 306 22nd St Galveston Texas 1878 10 Old Main Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College Starkville Mississippi 1879 80 burned in 1959 11 Mississippi Institute for the Blind 605 E Fortification St Jackson Mississippi 1881 demolished 12 East Mississippi State Insane Asylum 4555 Highland Park Dr Meridian Mississippi 1882 84 Extant but wholly remodeled 13 241 West Broadway New York New York 1884 14 Cohnfeld Building 106 Bleecker St New York New York 1884 burned in 1891 15 433 Broadway New York New York 1885 demolished 16 1029 6th Ave New York New York 1885 demolished 17 Ehrich Brothers Store 695 6th Ave New York New York 1886 18 St Patrick R C Church 2614 Davis St Meridian MS 1886 Carrie Hornthal House 4 E 78th St New York New York 1887 19 Progress Club 820 5th Ave New York New York 1888 demolished 20 St Francis of Assisi R C Church 227 E Cherokee St Brookhaven Mississippi 1888 21 Rouss Building 555 Broadway New York New York 1889 22 3 5 Washington Pl New York New York 1890 owned by New York University 23 484 Broome St New York New York 1890 24 716 Broadway New York New York 1890 25 12 Waverly Pl New York New York 1891 93 26 36 E 12th St New York New York 1891 27 246 Greene St New York New York 1891 28 411 Lafayette St New York New York 1891 29 Geraldine Building 7 E 16th St New York New York 1891 30 Hotel Majestic 115 Central Park West New York New York 1891 demolished 31 28 30 Waverly Pl New York New York 1892 originally 8 stories now taller and integrated into the University Building 32 494 Broome St New York New York 1892 33 Decker Building 33 Union Square West New York New York 1892 93 designed by Edelmann Zucker moved the firm s offices here from the Lincoln Building 34 New Era Building 495 Broadway New York New York 1892 35 256 5th Ave New York New York 1893 designed by Edelmann 36 Corndiac Building 139 5th Ave New York New York 1893 37 450 Broome St New York New York 1894 38 458 Broadway New York New York 1894 39 The Bolkenhayn 761 763 5th Ave New York New York 1894 demolished 40 Hoffman House Annex 1115 Broadway New York New York 1894 demolished 41 University Building 100 Washington Square East New York New York 1894 Zucker moved his offices here in 1900 42 13 University Pl New York NY 1895 96 43 Baudouine Building 1181 Broadway New York New York 1895 96 44 50 W 4th St New York New York 1896 45 Piazza amp Botto Building 1321 Washington St Vicksburg Mississippi 1898 demolished 46 Harlem Casino 2081 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd New York New York 1899 altered beyond recognition 47 B S Ricks Memorial Library 310 N Main St Yazoo City Mississippi 1900 01 The Langdon 157 W 124th St New York New York 1901 used for storage since at least 1914 48 285 Mercer St New York New York 1902 49 Wilkinson County Courthouse 525 Main St Woodville Mississippi 1902 50 Hotel Plaza Florida 1005 Buenos Aires Argentina 1905 09 51 Edificio Villalonga Balcarce amp Moreno Buenos Aires Argentina 1908 demolished 52 Avenida Palace Hotel Hipolito Yrigoyen 442 Buenos Aires Argentina c 1911 demolished 53 Pedestal of the Monumento George Washington Palermo Park Buenos Aires Argentina 1912 13 54 Edificio del Banco Germanico Reconquista 29 Buenos Aires Argentina 1913 demolished 55 References edit Alfred Zucker Guillermo Bindon October 28 2010 British Cemetery Corporation in Argentina Alfred Zucker collection Fetherolf Grace Moser James Henry Moser His Brush and His Pen 1982 The Galveston Daily News June 16 1878 p 8 The Galveston Daily News September 10 1878 Scardino Berrie Clayton s Galveston The Architecture of Nicholas J Clayton and His Contemporaries College Station Texas A amp M University Press 2000 Alfred Zucker collection Alexander Denise Images of America Galveston s Historic Downtown and Strand District Charleston Arcadia 2010 Davis Bryan M Images of America Lost Galveston Charleston Arcadia 2010 Alexander Denise Images of America Galveston s Historic Downtown and Strand District Charleston Arcadia 2010 Biennial Report of the Departments and Benevolent Institutions of the State of Mississippi 1878 1879 Jackson J L Power 1880 Sanders Todd Jackson s North State Street Charleston Arcadia 2009 Alfred Zucker collection American Architect and Building News August 16 1884 84 Sanitary Engineer February 21 1884 294 American Architect and Building News June 27 1885 311 Sanitary Engineer August 13 1885 216 Engineering News and American Contract Record January 3 1886 31 Manufacturer and Builder March 1887 66 Engineering and Building Record June 9 1888 24 Building March 3 1888 4 Dolkart Andrew Guide to New York City Landmarks Hoboken John Wiley amp Sons 2009 Engineering and Building Record February 15 1890 176 Engineering and Building Record February 25 1890 128 Engineering and Building Record March 29 1890 272 Miller Tom Alfred Zucker s 1892 No 12 Waverly Place http daytoninmanhattan blogspot com March 4 2015 Web Miller Tom Alfred Zucker s 1892 No 12 Waverly Place http daytoninmanhattan blogspot com March 4 2015 Web White Norval and Elliot Willensky AIA Guide to New York City New York Oxford University Press 2010 White Norval and Elliot Willensky AIA Guide to New York City New York Oxford University Press 2010 Engineering Record May 30 1891 434 Engineering Record May 16 1891 402 American Architect and Building News April 9 1892 xx White Norval and Elliot Willensky AIA Guide to New York City New York Oxford University Press 2010 Dolkart Andrew Guide to New York City Landmarks Hoboken John Wiley amp Sons 2009 American Architect and Building News April 9 1892 xx Dolkart Andrew Guide to New York City Landmarks Hoboken John Wiley amp Sons 2009 Alfred Zucker collection Engineering Record June 9 1894 33 Engineering Record October 13 1894 334 Engineering Record February 3 1894 165 Engineering Record July 7 1894 99 Engineering Record May 26 1894 421 Alfred Zucker collection White Norval and Elliot Willensky AIA Guide to New York City New York Oxford University Press 2010 Real Estate Record and Builders Guide December 7 1895 802 American Architect and Building News June 25 1898 xi Engineering Record April 8 1899 488 Real Estate Record and Builders Guide July 20 1901 76 Engineering Record November 30 1901 535 Alfred Zucker collection Cody Jeffrey W Exporting American Architecture 1870 2000 London Routledge 2002 Historias de la ciudad una revista de Buenos Aires Issues 7 12 2000 Romero Susana Antero La Inmigracion a traves de la Literatura Argentina 1900 1920 Buenos Aires Editorial Dunken 2014 Bulletin of the Pan American Union July 1913 254 Cody Jeffrey W Exporting American Architecture 1870 2000 London Routledge 2002 Further reading editAlfred Zucker An Inventory of his Drawings 1880 1904 University of Texas Library Mary Kathryn Stroh The Commercial Architecture of Alfred Zucker in Manhattan Master s thesis Pennsylvania State University 1973 Alfred Zucker Architectural Sketches Photographed from Designs for Buildings and from Buildings Erected by Alfred Zucker Architect New York National Chemograph 1894 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Zucker amp oldid 1188857728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
