Clarence was born in Philadelphia, the son of Alfred Zantzinger (1839-1873) and Sarah Crawford Clark.
Alfred was a medical doctor who was born on June 27, 1839, in Philadelphia to George Zantzinger, a grand-nephew of David Rittenhouse,[1] and Caroline Helmuth.[2] Alfred entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1855, graduated from Philadelphia's Hahnemann Medical College in 1862,[2] and became a volunteer surgeon with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.[3] In January 1863, he married Sarah Crawford Clark, the daughter of Philadelphia financier Enoch White Clark.[2] Their son Clarence was born in 1872, and Alfred died of typhoid in Philadelphia on August 15, 1873.[4] Sarah later married C. George Currie, a rector of St. Luke's Church in Philadelphia.[5]
Clarence attended private school in Germany, then St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He matriculated at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School, where he was a member of the senior S.S.S. Society[6] and graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1892. Three years later, he earned a B.S. in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He then spent two years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he worked under Paul Blondel and Henri Grisors and graduated in 1901.[7]
He returned to Philadelphia, set out his shingle, and soon received his first commission: a building to house the West Philadelphia branch (today, the Walnut Street West branch) of the Free Library of Philadelphia.[8] By 1905, he and Charles L. Borie, Jr. (a fellow graduate of St. Paul's School) had launched a firm of their own with offices at 251 South 4th Street in Philadelphia. They were joined in 1910 by Milton Bennett Medary, and the firm was renamed Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, which specialized in institutional and civic projects.[7]
In 1903, Zantzinger joined the American Institute of Architects; eight years later, the group made him a fellow. He served for years on the group's National Committee on Foreign Relations and Education; he also served as president of the Philadelphia chapter. Zantzinger was also a member of the T-Square Club; he directed its atelier and served on its education committee.[7]
In 1917, Zantzinger became a diplomat: President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to represent the U.S. on the War Trade Board in Sweden as a member of the U.S. legation in Stockholm.[7]
In 1903, Clarence married Margaret Shippen Buckley (d. Jan. 16, 1958[13]),[9] part of a prominent Philadelphia family that descended from John Buckley (1664-1732), of Wiltshire, England, who in 1681 became one of the first people to purchase land in the colony of Pennsylvania from William Penn.[14] She was a daughter of iron manufacturer Edward Swift Buckley[14] and granddaughter of Matthew Brooke Buckley (1794-1856),[15] a president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad from 1842[16] to 1846.[17][18] Matthew was the son of Daniel Buckley (1761-1827), a lawyer and former member of the Assembly of Pennsylvania.[19]
In 1922, Clarence and Margaret lived at "Greenacre", their house at Seminole and Highland Avenues in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.[20]
They had at least four children:
1 Clarence Clark Zantzinger Jr. (1904-1993), who followed his father to St. Paul's, Yale, Penn, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts; then joined Zantzinger, Borie & Medary as a draftsman; and finally struck out on his own as an architect. His firm, Kneedler, Mirick & Zantzinger, "designed office buildings, hospitals, churches, museums, schools and houses in the Philadelphia area," according to his New York Times obituary.[21] He served as director or other corporate officer in several organizations, including the Fairmount Park Art Association, for which he served as president from 1969 to 1980.[22] He married Mary Amory Cook, a daughter of Navy Vice Admiral Arthur Byron Cook (1881-1952), an early naval aviator.
2 Alfred Zantzinger (1907-1972), who also attended St. Paul's, married Mary Geist in 1937. Alfred worked stints at the E.W. Clark & Co. financial house, the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company, and as vice-president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[23]
3 Sarah Clark Zantzinger married Harry C. Groome Jr.,[24] who went on to become a senior vice-president of N. W. Ayer & Son, the country's oldest advertising agency.[25]
4 Mary Vaux Zantzinger (1910-1987), who married John Wister Wurts (1907-1972).[24] Wurts, who lived as a child on Philadelphia's Portico Row, graduated from Princeton University in 1931[26] and served in Europe during World War II, winning the Legion of Merit.[27]
Notes
^Cassel, Daniel Kolb (1896). The Family Record of David Rittenhouse: Including His Sisters Esther, Anne and Eleanor. Also, Benjamin Rittenhouse and Margaret Rittenhouse Morgan. Herald printing and binding rooms. p. 39. zantzinger clark.
^ abcA committee of the Society of the alumni (1894). University of Pennsylvania. Biographical catalogue of the matriculates of the college, together with lists of the members of the college faculty and the trustees, officers and recipients of honorary degrees. 1749-1893. University of Pennsylvania. p. 212. hdl:2027/mdp.39015036766767. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
^History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry: From Its Organization, November 17th, 1774 to Its Centennial Anniversary, November 17th, 1874. Princeton. 1875.
^Homeopathy, American Institute of (1875). "Alfred Zantzinger, M.D." Transactions of the 27th Session of the American Institute of Homeopathy: 93.
^National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland (1899). The Maryland society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1899. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Baltimore : Guggenheimer, Weil & co.
^ abLeonard, John W. (1908). Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. Pennsylvania: L. R. Hammersly. pp. 596. Edward Swift BUCKLEY.
^Jordan, John W., ed. (1911). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs: Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN9780806352398.
^"1842 (May 2004 Edition)" (PDF). PRR CHRONOLOGY. The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. May 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^"1846 (April 2005 Edition)" (PDF). PRR CHRONOLOGY. The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. April 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^Keen, Gregory Bernard (1913). The Descendants of Jöran Kyn of New Sweden. Delaware: Swedish Colonial Society. pp. 214. Margaret Shippen Buckley.
^"Philadelphia". Social Register Philadelphia Including Wilmington. 37 (3): 295. November 1922.
^"C. Clark Zantzinger Jr. Architect, 89". The New York Times. 1993-11-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
^Cooperman, Emily T. "Zantzinger, Clarence Clark, Jr. (1904-1993)". American Architects and Buildings. Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
Photo of "Kate's Hall" at 8440 St. Martins Lane in Chestnut Hill, designed by Zantzinger for Joseph Sill Clark, Sr.
Inquirer obituary for Clarence Jr.
New York Times obituary for Clarence Jr.
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Clarence Clark Zantzinger 1872 1954 was an architect and public servant in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 Notes 5 External linksLife EditClarence was born in Philadelphia the son of Alfred Zantzinger 1839 1873 and Sarah Crawford Clark Alfred was a medical doctor who was born on June 27 1839 in Philadelphia to George Zantzinger a grand nephew of David Rittenhouse 1 and Caroline Helmuth 2 Alfred entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1855 graduated from Philadelphia s Hahnemann Medical College in 1862 2 and became a volunteer surgeon with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 3 In January 1863 he married Sarah Crawford Clark the daughter of Philadelphia financier Enoch White Clark 2 Their son Clarence was born in 1872 and Alfred died of typhoid in Philadelphia on August 15 1873 4 Sarah later married C George Currie a rector of St Luke s Church in Philadelphia 5 Clarence attended private school in Germany then St Paul s School in Concord New Hampshire He matriculated at Yale University s Sheffield Scientific School where he was a member of the senior S S S Society 6 and graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1892 Three years later he earned a B S in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania He then spent two years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he worked under Paul Blondel and Henri Grisors and graduated in 1901 7 He returned to Philadelphia set out his shingle and soon received his first commission a building to house the West Philadelphia branch today the Walnut Street West branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia 8 By 1905 he and Charles L Borie Jr a fellow graduate of St Paul s School had launched a firm of their own with offices at 251 South 4th Street in Philadelphia They were joined in 1910 by Milton Bennett Medary and the firm was renamed Zantzinger Borie amp Medary which specialized in institutional and civic projects 7 In 1903 Zantzinger joined the American Institute of Architects eight years later the group made him a fellow He served for years on the group s National Committee on Foreign Relations and Education he also served as president of the Philadelphia chapter Zantzinger was also a member of the T Square Club he directed its atelier and served on its education committee 7 In 1917 Zantzinger became a diplomat President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to represent the U S on the War Trade Board in Sweden as a member of the U S legation in Stockholm 7 He also served on the National Capital Parks and Planning Commission and as president of Philadelphia s City Parks Association 7 In 1951 he retired from his firm by then renamed Zantzinger amp Borie 9 Works EditAmong his works were 9 William Penn Charter School Germantown Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Athletic Club Philadelphia Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania The bank building of E W Clark amp Co southeast corner of S 16th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia 10 St Paul s Church Chestnut Hill Pennsylvania Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church Plainfield New Jersey The administration building for the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale The redevelopment of his uncle s estate in West Philadelphia for Philadelphia Divinity School today the public Penn Alexander elementary school 11 The Men s dormitory group University of Chicago Department of Justice Building Washington D C Public Administration Building University of Chicago Graduate Cottage Overbrook School for the Blind Overbrook Pennsylvania Nurses Home Abington Hospital Abington Pennsylvania Warehouse for the Philadelphia Navy Yard Private house 8500 Seminole Avenue Philadelphia 12 Family EditIn 1903 Clarence married Margaret Shippen Buckley d Jan 16 1958 13 9 part of a prominent Philadelphia family that descended from John Buckley 1664 1732 of Wiltshire England who in 1681 became one of the first people to purchase land in the colony of Pennsylvania from William Penn 14 She was a daughter of iron manufacturer Edward Swift Buckley 14 and granddaughter of Matthew Brooke Buckley 1794 1856 15 a president of the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad from 1842 16 to 1846 17 18 Matthew was the son of Daniel Buckley 1761 1827 a lawyer and former member of the Assembly of Pennsylvania 19 In 1922 Clarence and Margaret lived at Greenacre their house at Seminole and Highland Avenues in Chestnut Hill Pennsylvania 20 They had at least four children 1 Clarence Clark Zantzinger Jr 1904 1993 who followed his father to St Paul s Yale Penn and the Ecole des Beaux Arts then joined Zantzinger Borie amp Medary as a draftsman and finally struck out on his own as an architect His firm Kneedler Mirick amp Zantzinger designed office buildings hospitals churches museums schools and houses in the Philadelphia area according to his New York Times obituary 21 He served as director or other corporate officer in several organizations including the Fairmount Park Art Association for which he served as president from 1969 to 1980 22 He married Mary Amory Cook a daughter of Navy Vice Admiral Arthur Byron Cook 1881 1952 an early naval aviator 2 Alfred Zantzinger 1907 1972 who also attended St Paul s married Mary Geist in 1937 Alfred worked stints at the E W Clark amp Co financial house the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company and as vice president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 23 3 Sarah Clark Zantzinger married Harry C Groome Jr 24 who went on to become a senior vice president of N W Ayer amp Son the country s oldest advertising agency 25 4 Mary Vaux Zantzinger 1910 1987 who married John Wister Wurts 1907 1972 24 Wurts who lived as a child on Philadelphia s Portico Row graduated from Princeton University in 1931 26 and served in Europe during World War II winning the Legion of Merit 27 Notes Edit Cassel Daniel Kolb 1896 The Family Record of David Rittenhouse Including His Sisters Esther Anne and Eleanor Also Benjamin Rittenhouse and Margaret Rittenhouse Morgan Herald printing and binding rooms p 39 zantzinger clark a b c A committee of the Society of the alumni 1894 University of Pennsylvania Biographical catalogue of the matriculates of the college together with lists of the members of the college faculty and the trustees officers and recipients of honorary degrees 1749 1893 University of Pennsylvania p 212 hdl 2027 mdp 39015036766767 Retrieved November 18 2013 History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry From Its Organization November 17th 1774 to Its Centennial Anniversary November 17th 1874 Princeton 1875 Homeopathy American Institute of 1875 Alfred Zantzinger M D Transactions of the 27th Session of the American Institute of Homeopathy 93 National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland 1899 The Maryland society of the Colonial Dames of America 1899 Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Baltimore Guggenheimer Weil amp co S S S Society The Yale Pot pourri 25 1890 a b c d e Tatman Sandra L Zantzinger Clarence Clark 1872 1954 Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Retrieved September 13 2013 Skaler Robert Morris 2002 West Philadelphia University City to 52nd Street Arcadia p 42 ISBN 9780738509709 a b c Clarence Clark Zantzinger Artists amp Architects National Academy Museum Archived from the original on December 29 2015 Retrieved September 13 2013 Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders Guide Thomas George E 2002 University of Pennsylvania An Architectural Tour Princeton Architectural Press ISBN 9781568983158 For Sale Lush Chestnut Hill Home Designed by Clarence C Zantzinger Property Philadelphia Magazine 2015 05 04 Retrieved 2018 02 05 MRS C C ZANTZINGER Retrieved 2018 02 05 a b Leonard John W 1908 Who s who in Pennsylvania A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries Pennsylvania L R Hammersly pp 596 Edward Swift BUCKLEY Jordan John W ed 1911 Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Vol 1 Genealogical Publishing Com ISBN 9780806352398 1842 May 2004 Edition PDF PRR CHRONOLOGY The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical amp Historical Society May 2004 Retrieved 13 September 2013 1846 April 2005 Edition PDF PRR CHRONOLOGY The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical amp Historical Society April 2005 Retrieved 13 September 2013 Keen Gregory Bernard 1913 The Descendants of Joran Kyn of New Sweden Delaware Swedish Colonial Society pp 214 Margaret Shippen Buckley History of the Penrose Family of Philadelphia Philadelphia Social Register Philadelphia Including Wilmington 37 3 295 November 1922 C Clark Zantzinger Jr Architect 89 The New York Times 1993 11 24 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2018 02 05 Cooperman Emily T Zantzinger Clarence Clark Jr 1904 1993 American Architects and Buildings Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Retrieved September 16 2013 Obituary Alfred Zantzinger Archived 2013 10 29 at the Wayback Machine a b Obituary Clarence Clark Zantzinger Archived 2013 10 29 at the Wayback Machine Harry C Groome Jr Obituary New York City New York Times May 31 1980 p 28 Princeton Alumni Weekly princeton alumni weekly 1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly princeton alumni weekly 1971 External links EditPhoto of Kate s Hall at 8440 St Martins Lane in Chestnut Hill designed by Zantzinger for Joseph Sill Clark Sr St Paul s School obituary for Clarence Zantzinger Inquirer obituary for Clarence Jr New York Times obituary for Clarence Jr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clarence C Zantzinger amp oldid 1133727224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
