Samuel Juster

Samuel Juster, AIA, (12 February 1896 – 2 May 1982) was an American architect who practiced during the mid-20th-century in New York and New Jersey.

Samuel Juster
BornFebruary 12, 1896[1]
Bucharest, Romania[1]
DiedMay 1, 1982(1982-05-01) (aged 86)[2]
Broward, Florida
NationalityUnited States
Known forArchitect

Career

Early life and education

Juster was born in Bucharest, Romania. He earned a diploma from Cooper Union in 1917.[1] He studied Beaux Arts, Corbett-Gugler, Atelier (345 East 33rd Street, Manhattan), between 1915 and 1917, earned a diploma from the International Correspondence School in 1918.[1] In 1956, his office was located at 36G Broadway, New York City.[1]

Early career

While earning his diplomas, Juster was Squad Leader, draftsmen and writer for Goldner & Goldberg[lower-roman 1] from 1913–1917; he was a draftsman, writer, and supervisor at the firm of Alfred C. Bossom from 1918-1924 where he met Anthony J. DePace with whom, in 1923, he formed the partnership DePace & Juster, an architectural firm.

DePace and Juster (1923–1947)
1100 Park Avenue, Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan

Anthony DePace left the firm of Cass Gilbert in 1923 and formed DePace and Juster with Juster.[3] The firm continued in practice until 1947 when the partnership was dissolved.[1] Juster claimed in 1956 that the practice was established in 1925 and disestablished in 1948.[1]

Works
1928: The Eaves Costume Company building, 151 West 46th Street, Manhattan
1929-1931 St. Claire of Assisi Church, Bronx, NY (credited to DePace)
1930: 1100 Park Avenue, Manhattan, at the northwest corner of 89th Street in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood
1930: St. Teresa Church Bronx, NY (credited to DePace, destroyed by fire)[4][5]:884
1931: St. Roch's Church, Bronx, NY[6] (credited to DePace)[5]:823
1939: St. Vincent De Paul Church, New York, NY (façade (1939), church by Henry Engelbert (1857)[7]
1948: Refrigerating Plant for the Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie
1951: Tubercular Hospital for the Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie

Samuel Juster, AIA (1948–present)

Juster established his own firm under his own name in 1948,[1] a year after DePace had done the same suggesting DePace disbanded the partnership and Juster was slower to reestablish himself. As the junior partner of DePace & Juster, the multiple differences in dates between Juster and DePace could be explained by DePace taking the initiative in their joint activities with Juster playing catch up. Juster was registered as an architect in New York and New Jersey.

Works
1951: Yeshivah of Flatbush (drawings courtesy Brooklyn Public Library)
1954: Shaare Torah Community Center, 305 East 21st Street, Brooklyn (as of the 1970s, the Salem Missionary Baptist Church)[1][8]
1954: Traymore Hotel Outdoor and Indoor Swimming Pools (Atlantic City, New York) (demolished 1972)[1]
1958: Shaare Torah Synagogue, 305 East 21st Street, Brooklyn (as of the 1970s, the Salem Missionary Baptist Church)[1][9]

Awards, honors, and professional affiliations
  • 1929 (issued 1930): Certificate & Gold Medal, Fifth Avenue Association, for De Salvo Antique Shop.[1]
  • Mention: Congregation Shaare Torah, Prospect Park Jewish Congregation, Masonic Lodge,
  • New York Society of Architects, New York State Association of Architects, AIA Member: N.Y. Chapter.[1]

Legacy

Juster's former partner, DePace had a prolific career as a designer of Roman Catholic buildings, Juster appears to have balanced out the firm's portfolios with non-Catholic commissions, including many Jewish commissions. Between the first (1956) and third (1970) editions of the American Architects Directory, he made no changes to his original entry, including prominent commissions. He did not file an entry in 1970 but most of his 1956 commissions were as DePace & Juster.[8]

Family

On March 12, 1922, Juster married Minnie Silberman (maiden 1899–1991) in Brooklyn. They had two children, Howard Herbert Juster (1924–2001) and Norton Juster (born 1929), both of whom became architects.[1] One of his grandsons, Kenneth Ian Juster (born 1954) is, as of 2017, U.S. Ambassador to India.

Home addresses

In 1956, Samuel Juster resided at 25 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn.[1]


Notes and references

Notes
  1. Goldner & Goldberg was the New York architectural firm of Romanian-born Jacob "Jack" Goldner (1879–1968) and Abraham Goldberg (1873–1934)

References
  1. "Samuel Juster," American Architects Directory (1st ed.) R.R. Bowker LLC (1956), p. 236
  2. U.S. Social Security Death Index
  3. Anthony J. DePace, AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1953 Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 08 August 2010)
  4. History of St. Teresa School (with photo of Mr. Depace)
  5. White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  6. description of the Moller organ at St. Roch Church
  7. Letter requesting protection of St. Vincent De Paul
  8. "Samuel Juster," American Architects Directory (2nd ed.) R.R. Bowker LLC (1962), p. 362.
  9. "Samuel Juster," American Architects Directory (3rd ed.) R.R. Bowker LLC (1970), p. 467.
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