Leonard B. Schultze was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1877. He was educated at the City College of New York and ranks high among the most successful pupils of Franco-American architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, founder of the Atelier Masqueray.[1] Schultze had been an employee of the firm of Warren & Wetmore, and during his twenty years in that company's office he had worked on the designs for such projects as New York's Grand Central Terminal.
Weaver's primary responsibilities in the new firm were in engineering, business, and real estate. Schultze & Weaver's first major commission was from John McEntee Bowman's Biltmore Hotels, for the large Los Angeles hotel today known as the Millennium Biltmore.
Biltmore Hotel- Coral Gables, Florida.
Their later work included several other projects for the same company, including the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel, and the Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel. The firm also designed the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach and the Miami Nautilus Hotel. In addition to their work outside New York, they designed several noted landmark hotels within the city, including The Park Lane Hotel, The Lexington Hotel (now the Radisson Lexington Hotel), The Pierre Hotel and its neighbor, the Sherry-Netherland. Schultze & Weaver architect Lloyd Morgan (1892–1970), in 1929, designed the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel which, upon its completion in 1931, was the world's largest, with 2,200 rooms. Schultze & Weaver redesigned and renovated the Grand Ballroom in New York City's Plaza Hotel in the autumn of 1929.
After Weaver died in 1940 Schultze reorganized the firm under the name Leonard Schultze and Associates. During this period the firm designed three large apartment complexes for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and a fourth that served as housing for United Nations employees in New York. These are listed below.
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Bibliography
Lamonaca, Marianne and Mogul, Jonathan (eds.) Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age; the Architecture of Schultze & Weaver. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. ISBN1-56898-555-X.
External linksedit
Media related to Schultze & Weaver at Wikimedia Commons
, Forbes article by Finn-Olaf Jones on Schulze & Weaver, April 24, 2006
Metropolis Magazine story on Schultze and Weaver
Wolfsonian exhibit on Schultze and Weaver
April 11, 2024
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Schultze amp Weaver was an architecture firm established in New York City in 1921 The partners were Leonard Schultze and S Fullerton Weaver Contents 1 History 2 Selected commissions 3 References 4 External linksHistory editLeonard B Schultze was born in Chicago Illinois on December 5 1877 He was educated at the City College of New York and ranks high among the most successful pupils of Franco American architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray founder of the Atelier Masqueray 1 Schultze had been an employee of the firm of Warren amp Wetmore and during his twenty years in that company s office he had worked on the designs for such projects as New York s Grand Central Terminal Weaver s primary responsibilities in the new firm were in engineering business and real estate Schultze amp Weaver s first major commission was from John McEntee Bowman s Biltmore Hotels for the large Los Angeles hotel today known as the Millennium Biltmore nbsp Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables Florida Their later work included several other projects for the same company including the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and the Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel The firm also designed the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach and the Miami Nautilus Hotel In addition to their work outside New York they designed several noted landmark hotels within the city including The Park Lane Hotel The Lexington Hotel now the Radisson Lexington Hotel The Pierre Hotel and its neighbor the Sherry Netherland Schultze amp Weaver architect Lloyd Morgan 1892 1970 in 1929 designed the Waldorf Astoria Hotel which upon its completion in 1931 was the world s largest with 2 200 rooms Schultze amp Weaver redesigned and renovated the Grand Ballroom in New York City s Plaza Hotel in the autumn of 1929 Though best known for their work on luxury hotels Schultze amp Weaver also designed schools hospitals residential developments and office buildings such as the 1925 New York headquarters of the J C Penney Company Among their other buildings are the Hunter Dulin building on Sutter Street in San Francisco and Miami s Freedom Tower They also designed the U S Post Office at Scarsdale New York as consulting architects for the Office of the Supervising Architect 2 After Weaver died in 1940 Schultze reorganized the firm under the name Leonard Schultze and Associates During this period the firm designed three large apartment complexes for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and a fourth that served as housing for United Nations employees in New York These are listed below Selected commissions editAs Schultze amp Weaver 1922 Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles California 1922 Park Lane Apartment Hotel Manhattan New York City 3 1923 Hellman Commercial Trust amp Savings Bank Building Los Angeles 4 1923 Jonathan Club Los Angeles 4 1924 Atlanta Biltmore Hotel Atlanta Georgia 1924 Hotel Sevilla Biltmore Havana Cuba 1924 Pacific Mutual Garage Los Angeles 4 1925 Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables Florida 1925 Breakers Hotel Palm Beach Florida 1925 Hunter Dulin Building San Francisco California 1925 J C Penney Co Building 330 West 34th Street Manhattan 5 1925 Miami Daily News Tower Freedom Tower Miami Florida 1925 Subway Terminal Building Los Angeles 4 1926 Sherry Netherland Hotel Manhattan 1926 Ingraham Building Miami 5 1926 Montauk Manor Montauk New York 1928 Brisbane House Manhattan 3 1929 News Sun Building Springfield Ohio 6 1929 Hotel Pierre Manhattan 1929 Plaza Hotel Ballroom Manhattan 1929 Lexington Hotel Manhattan 5 1931 Fifth Avenue Bank Building Manhattan 3 1931 Waldorf Astoria Hotel Manhattan 1937 United States Post Office Scarsdale New YorkAs Leonard Schultze and Associates for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 1941 Parkfairfax Alexandria Virginia 1944 Parkmerced San Francisco 1944 Park La Brea Los AngelesAs Leonard Schultze and Associates as housing for the new United Nations 1948 Parkway Village Kew Gardens Hills Queens New York CityReferences editNotes Who s Who 1947 Larry E Gobrecht July 1986 National Register of Historic Places Registration Scarsdale Post Office New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation Retrieved 2010 10 01 a b c Manhattan NB Database Search www metrohistory com a b c d Modern Architecture and Historic Buildings www you are here com a b c EMPORIS www emporis com Archived from the original on April 4 2001 News Sun building sale finalized Springfield News Sun February 10 2014 Bibliography Lamonaca Marianne and Mogul Jonathan eds Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age the Architecture of Schultze amp Weaver New York Princeton Architectural Press 2005 ISBN 1 56898 555 X External links edit nbsp Media related to Schultze amp Weaver at Wikimedia Commons It s De Limit Forbes article by Finn Olaf Jones on Schulze amp Weaver April 24 2006 Metropolis Magazine story on Schultze and Weaver Wolfsonian exhibit on Schultze and Weaver Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Schultze 26 Weaver amp oldid 1177202474, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
