Rogers was born in Bryan Station, Kentucky, on March 3, 1867, to James M. and Katharine Gamble Rogers.[1][2] Rogers attended Yale University, where he contributed to The Yale Record and was a member of the senior society Scroll and Key,[2] whose membership included several other notable architects. He received his B.A. in 1889, and is responsible for many of the gothic revival structures at Yale University built in the 1910s through the mid-1930s, as well as the university's master plan in 1924.[2] He designed buildings for other universities as well, such as the Butler Library at Columbia University and several buildings at Northwestern University, notably Deering Library.[2]
Rogers was philanthropist Edward Harkness's favorite architect, and Harkness would often condition a gift for a new academic or medical building upon the institution's agreement to hire Rogers for the project. It is thus no coincidence that Rogers' work is abundant at Yale, Columbia and the other institutions Harkness supported lavishly. Even though Harkness admired Rogers's work, when Harkness donated a new home for Wolf's Head, his society at Yale, another architect (Bertram Goodhue) was chosen.
Rogers' Collegiate Gothic designs for Yale lent an air of instant heritage and authenticity to the campus. Rogers was criticized by other prominent Gothic-revival American architects, namely Ralph Adams Cram, for his use of steel frames underneath stone cladding, and tricks such as splashing acid on stone walls to simulate age. Rogers was also criticized by the growing Modernist movement of the time. The 1927 Sterling Memorial Library came under especially vocal attack from Yale students for its historicist spirit and its lavish use of ornament. But current opinion generally regards the building as a triumph, being both beautiful and functional.
Rogers's nephew, James Gamble Rogers II (1901–1990) was also an architect, who designed homes in Winter Park, Florida for the Rogers family architecture firm Rogers, Lovelock and Fritz, where Rogers II's son John (Jack) Rogers is a principal architect.
Rogers II's other son, James Gamble Rogers IV (1937–1991) was also trained as an architect. After working in the family firm as a young man, James Gamble Rogers IV decided to pursue his passion for music. He became a noted Florida folksinger, composer and guitarist, now memorialized by the Gamble Rogers Memorial Foundation,[3] Gamble Rogers Middle School, and Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach on Florida's east coast.
Lees Building (1893), Chicago, Illinois (now demolished)
Hyde Park Union Church (1906), Chicago, Illinois
Laurel Court Mansion (1907), Cincinnati, Ohio, also known as Peter G. Thomson House (residence of his aunt Laura Gamble Thomson), NRHP-listed[4]
The Edward S. Harkness House (1908), 1 East 75th Street at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Constructed as the residence of Edward and Mary Stillman Harkness in 1908. Currently the home of The Commonwealth Fund. Designated a landmark in 1967.
Ward Memorial Building (1926), Northwestern University, Chicago campus (funded by Elizabeth Ward in honor of her late husband, mail order and department store magnate Aaron Montgomery Ward.)
Beta Theta Pi (1927), Fraternity Row, Yale University.
Butler Library (1934), Columbia University, (as South Hall; renamed in 1946 in honor of Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the university from 1902 to 1945)
Harkness Hall, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.
Riegel Ridge Community Center, Co. Rt. 519, approximately 1.5 mi N of NJ-PA state line, Holland Township, Milford, NJ, NRHP-listed
Rutherford Health Department, 303 N. Church St., Murfreesboro, TN, NRHP-listed
Referencesedit
^ ab"Rogers, James Gamble (1867 - 1947) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". philadelphiabuildings.org.
^ abcdeObituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1946-1947 (also called Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1, 1947), New Haven, Connecticut: Bulletin of Yale University, 1948, pp. 19–20
^"Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the James Gamble Rogers Papers". yale.edu.
^. Archived from the original on 2006-03-14. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
Sourcesedit
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James Gamble Rogers and the Architecture of Pragmatism, Aaron Betsky, MIT, 1994. ISBN978-0262023818
The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida, Patrick and Debra McClane, 2004. ISBN0-8130-2770-5
The Campus Guide: Yale University, Patrick L. Pinnell, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999. ISBN978-1616890643
Yale: A Pictorial History, Reuben A. Holden, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1967.
Yale in New Haven: Architecture and Urbanism, Vincent Scully, Catherine Lynn et al., New Haven, Yale University Press, 2004, ISBN978-0974956503
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James Gamble Rogers architectural records and photographs, 1905-1980 (bulk 1905-1937), held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
February 15, 2024
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James Gamble Rogers March 3 1867 October 1 1947 was an American architect A proponent of what came to be known as Collegiate Gothic architecture he is best known for his academic commissions at Yale University Columbia University Northwestern University and elsewhere 1 James Gamble RogersPortrait by William Sergeant KendallBorn 1867 03 03 March 3 1867Bryan Station Kentucky U S DiedOctober 1 1947 1947 10 01 aged 80 New York City New York U S NationalityAmericanOccupationArchitectBuildingsAt Yale University Sterling Memorial Library Harkness Memorial Tower Berkeley College Jonathan Edwards College Branford College Saybrook College Trumbull College Pierson College Davenport College Timothy Dwight College Sterling Law Building home of Yale Law School Hall of Graduate StudiesIn New York City Butler Library Columbia University Columbia University Medical Center Columbia University Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Yale Club of New York CityElsewhere Deering Library Northwestern UniversityA tribute to Rogers in the Memorial Quadrangle Lee Lawrie sculptor Butler Library at Columbia UniversityRogers Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University s Branford College Rogers front facade of the Yale Club of New York City Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 Buildings 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksBiography editRogers was born in Bryan Station Kentucky on March 3 1867 to James M and Katharine Gamble Rogers 1 2 Rogers attended Yale University where he contributed to The Yale Record and was a member of the senior society Scroll and Key 2 whose membership included several other notable architects He received his B A in 1889 and is responsible for many of the gothic revival structures at Yale University built in the 1910s through the mid 1930s as well as the university s master plan in 1924 2 He designed buildings for other universities as well such as the Butler Library at Columbia University and several buildings at Northwestern University notably Deering Library 2 Rogers designed most of the original buildings at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center now the NewYork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center which was the world s first academic medical center He died in New York City on October 1 1947 2 Legacy editRogers was philanthropist Edward Harkness s favorite architect and Harkness would often condition a gift for a new academic or medical building upon the institution s agreement to hire Rogers for the project It is thus no coincidence that Rogers work is abundant at Yale Columbia and the other institutions Harkness supported lavishly Even though Harkness admired Rogers s work when Harkness donated a new home for Wolf s Head his society at Yale another architect Bertram Goodhue was chosen Rogers Collegiate Gothic designs for Yale lent an air of instant heritage and authenticity to the campus Rogers was criticized by other prominent Gothic revival American architects namely Ralph Adams Cram for his use of steel frames underneath stone cladding and tricks such as splashing acid on stone walls to simulate age Rogers was also criticized by the growing Modernist movement of the time The 1927 Sterling Memorial Library came under especially vocal attack from Yale students for its historicist spirit and its lavish use of ornament But current opinion generally regards the building as a triumph being both beautiful and functional Rogers s nephew James Gamble Rogers II 1901 1990 was also an architect who designed homes in Winter Park Florida for the Rogers family architecture firm Rogers Lovelock and Fritz where Rogers II s son John Jack Rogers is a principal architect Rogers II s other son James Gamble Rogers IV 1937 1991 was also trained as an architect After working in the family firm as a young man James Gamble Rogers IV decided to pursue his passion for music He became a noted Florida folksinger composer and guitarist now memorialized by the Gamble Rogers Memorial Foundation 3 Gamble Rogers Middle School and Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach on Florida s east coast James Gamble Rogers architectural drawings and photographs are now held in the Dept of Drawings amp Archives in the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York A number of his built works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP Buildings editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lees Building 1893 Chicago Illinois now demolished Hyde Park Union Church 1906 Chicago Illinois Laurel Court Mansion 1907 Cincinnati Ohio also known as Peter G Thomson House residence of his aunt Laura Gamble Thomson NRHP listed 4 The Edward S Harkness House 1908 1 East 75th Street at Fifth Avenue Manhattan Constructed as the residence of Edward and Mary Stillman Harkness in 1908 Currently the home of The Commonwealth Fund Designated a landmark in 1967 Shelby County Courthouse 1909 Memphis Tennessee Federal Courthouse 1913 New Haven CT Plan and buildings of The H Sophie Newcomb Memorial College 1913 Tulane University New Orleans Brooks Museum of Art 1913 Memphis Tennessee The former Bridgeport High School now City Hall 1914 16 Bridgeport Connecticut The Yale Club of New York City 1915 Midtown Manhattan Burnham Park Plaza 1915 Chicago Hsiang Ya Hospital 1918 in Changsa China Harkness Memorial Quadrangle later renovated and subdivided by Rogers in 1933 into Branford and Saybrook Colleges and Harkness Memorial Tower 1921 Yale University The Goodwyn 1922 Memphis Tennessee Yale s General Plan 1924 Bob Cook Boat House 1924 Yale University English Country Estate 1926 990 East Illinois Road Lake Forest Illinois Dyche Stadium 1926 Northwestern University 5 Wieboldt Hall 1926 Northwestern University Chicago campus Methodist Church 1926 now University United Methodist Church Chapel Hill North Carolina Yeamans Hall Club 1926 Hanahan South Carolina Ward Memorial Building 1926 Northwestern University Chicago campus funded by Elizabeth Ward in honor of her late husband mail order and department store magnate Aaron Montgomery Ward Beta Theta Pi 1927 Fraternity Row Yale University James Gamble Rogers House 1927 424 West Mountain Road Ridgefield CT in NRHP listed West Mountain Historic District Psi Upsilon 1928 later the Fence Club Fraternity Row Yale University Harkness Pavilion 1928 NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Ossining High School 1928 Ossining New York Vanderbilt School of Dental and Oral Surgery 1928 Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Neurological Institute of New York 1928 NewYork Presbyterian Hospital College of Physicians and Surgeons 1928 Columbia University Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital Building 1928 NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Joseph L Mailman School of Public Health 1929 Columbia University Medical Center School of Education 1930 New York University Greenwich Village Sterling Memorial Library 1930 Yale University Delta Kappa Epsilon 1930 Fraternity Row Yale University Sterling Law Building 1931 Yale University Alpha Delta Phi 1931 215 Park Street Fraternity Row Yale University University Theater and Drama School 1931 renovation Yale University Aetna Home Office 1931 Hartford CT 6 7 Phi Gamma Delta Vernon Hall 1932 217 Park Street Fraternity Row Yale University Hall of Graduate Studies 1932 Yale University Jonathan Edwards College 1932 including Weir Hall addition Yale University Pierson College 1932 Yale University Davenport College 1932 Yale University Briton Hadden Memorial Building 1932 Yale Daily News Deering Library 1933 Northwestern University Evanston campus Trumbull College 1933 Yale University Berkeley College 1933 Yale University Butler Library 1934 Columbia University as South Hall renamed in 1946 in honor of Nicholas Murray Butler president of the university from 1902 to 1945 Timothy Dwight College 1935 Yale University Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital 1939 Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center Scott Hall Cahn Auditorium 1940 Northwestern University Evanston campus Harkness Chapel 1940 Connecticut College New London 8 Harkness Hall Clark Atlanta University Atlanta Ga Riegel Ridge Community Center Co Rt 519 approximately 1 5 mi N of NJ PA state line Holland Township Milford NJ NRHP listed Rutherford Health Department 303 N Church St Murfreesboro TN NRHP listedReferences edit a b Rogers James Gamble 1867 1947 Philadelphia Architects and Buildings philadelphiabuildings org a b c d e Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1946 1947 also called Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year Ending July 1 1947 New Haven Connecticut Bulletin of Yale University 1948 pp 19 20 Gamble Rogers Memorial Foundation Welcome James Gamble Rogers Architect of Laurel Court laurelcourt com Retrieved February 7 2010 Ryan Field football ballparks com Ballparks com Archived from the original on January 20 2017 Retrieved December 20 2014 Aetna History aetna com Yale Finding Aid Database Guide to the James Gamble Rogers Papers yale edu Connecticut College Religious and Spiritual Life Harkness Chapel Archived from the original on 2006 03 14 Retrieved 2006 04 11 Sources edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Gamble Rogers James Gamble Rogers and the Architecture of Pragmatism Aaron Betsky MIT 1994 ISBN 978 0262023818 The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park Florida Patrick and Debra McClane 2004 ISBN 0 8130 2770 5 The Campus Guide Yale University Patrick L Pinnell Princeton Architectural Press New York 1999 ISBN 978 1616890643 Yale A Pictorial History Reuben A Holden New Haven Yale University Press 1967 Yale in New Haven Architecture and Urbanism Vincent Scully Catherine Lynn et al New Haven Yale University Press 2004 ISBN 978 0974956503External links editJames Gamble Rogers architectural records and photographs 1905 1980 bulk 1905 1937 held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Columbia University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Gamble Rogers amp oldid 1200965268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
