Julian Whittlesey

Julian Hill Whittlesey (October 27, 1905 – May 20, 1995[1][2][3] ) was a prominent American architect and planner who co-founded the firms Mayer & Whittlesey and then Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant.

Julian Whittlesey
Born	Julian Hill Whittlesey October 27, 1905 Greenwich, Connecticut
Died	Wilton, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Occupation	architect
Years active	1931-1977
Employer	Mayer & Whittlesey, Whittlesey Conklin + Rossant
Known for	large apartment buildings
Notable work	Manhattan House
Political party	Democratic Party
Movement	New Deal
Spouse(s)	Eunice Stoddard Smith
Children	Peregrine Whittlesey Freund

Background

Whittlesey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. He studied civil engineering and architecture at Yale (degrees in 1927 and 1930). He also studied on a fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.[1]

Career

In the early 1930s, Whittlesey worked for the Resettlement Administration and the U.S. Public Housing Administration. During World War II, he designed military-related housing and administrative buildings.[1]

In 1935, he co-founded Mayer & Whittlesey, with Albert Mayer. The firm designed Manhattan House and other large buildings. They also helped design the cities of Kitimat, British Columbia, and Chandigarh, India.[1][4]

In the 1950s, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, which designed Reston, Virginia.[1][4]

Works

Buildings

• Manhattan House
• The Butterfield House
• 240 Central Park South[5]
• Printer's Industrial Welfare Building[6]
• Bellmawr Homes[6]
• James Weldon Johnson Houses (in association with Robert J. Reiley and Harry Prince)[7]
• Rangel Houses (in Washington Heights)[8]
• New School:
  • Jacob M. Kaplan Building (West Twelfth Street)[9]
  • Albert A. List Building (West Eleventh Street)[9]

City plans

• Kitimat, British Columbia
• Chandigarh, India
• Reston, Virginia

Other

• UN Playground (with Isamu Noguchi)[10]

See also

• Albert Mayer
• James Rossant
• Manhattan House

References

1. Elliott, J. Michael (23 May 1995). "Julian Hill Whittlesey". New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "Julian Whittlesey, architect, traveler" (PDF). Wilton Bulletin. 23 May 1995. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
3. Julian Whittlesey at Find a Grave
4. Bloom, Nicholas Dagen (2001). Suburban alchemy : 1960s new towns and the transformation of the American dream. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Univ. Press. pp. 18–20. ISBN 9780814208748. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
5. "240 Central Park South Apartments". Culture Now. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
6. "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
7. Bloom, Nicholas Dagen; Lasner, Matthew Gordon (2015). Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City. Princeton University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780691167817. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
8. Feuer, Alan (December 27, 2002). "A Digit and a World Apart; At 565 Park, Living the Dream; at 1565, Still Dreaming". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
9. "66 West Twelfth Street Architectural Plans and Drawings, NS.09.01.01 1924-1986" (PDF). New School. 8 March 2013. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
10. Solomon, Susan G. (2005). American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space. UPNE. p. 24. ISBN 9781584655176. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

External sources

• "Gottscho-Schleisner Collection". Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 September 2015.