George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 – November 28, 1913) was an American

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trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. He was recognized as a master of modern American architecture as well as being instrumental in the birth of the

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. Many of his most characteristic projects were for commercial buildings where new requirements pushed the traditional boundaries of design. Many of the buildings he designed have been demolished, since their central locations in

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and other cities made them vulnerable to rebuilding in the twentieth century. Some of his lost buildings were regarded as landmarks of their era. He was active from 1869 almost until his death in 1913. His sons, who had been taken into the firm in 1904, continued as George B. Post and Sons through 1930.

Early life and education

Post was born on December 15, 1837, in

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, New York, to Joel Browne Post and Abby Mauran Church. After graduating from

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in 1858 with a degree in

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, Post became a student of

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from 1858 to 1860. In 1860, he formed a partnership with a fellow student in Hunt's office, Charles D. Gambrill, with a brief hiatus for service in the Civil War.

Career

Military service

Post served in the

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under General Burnside at the

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and later rose to the rank of

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in the New York National Guard.

Architect

In 1867, Post founded his own architectural firm which expanded in 1904 when two of his sons, J. Otis and William Stone joined him to form become ''George B. Post and Sons.'' Post served as the sixth president of the

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from 1896 to 1899. He also trained architect Arthur Bates Jennings. Post designed many of the prominent private homes in various places, with many concentrated in

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and Bernardsville, NJ. He also designed many prominent commercial and public buildings. A true member of the

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, Post engaged notable artists and artisans to add decorative sculpture and murals to his architectural designs. Among those who worked with Post were the sculptor

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and painter Elihu Vedder. Post was a founding member of the

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, serving as the club's inaugural president from 1898 to 1905. In 1905, his two sons were taken into the partnership, and they continued to lead the firm after Post's death, notably as the designers of many Statler Hotels in cities across the United States. From that time forward, the firm carried on under the stewardship of Post's grandson, Edward Everett Post (1904–2006) until the late twentieth century.

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's publication ''George B. Post, Architect: Picturesque Designer and Determined Realist'' (1998) inspired a retrospective exhibition in 1998–99 to revisit Post's work at the Society. In 2014, curator, architect George Ranalli presented an exhibition of Post's drawings and photographs of the design of the

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's main campus buildings, on loan from the

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. Post received the

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in 1911. His extensive archive is in the collection at the

Private residences

The

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, which Post designed in partnership with

, was an English

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red-brick and limestone chateau that stood at the corner of East 57th Street and

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and was one of the most opulent single-family homes of its time. It featured a lavishly scrolled cast-iron gate forged in

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(now in

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), sculptural reliefs by

(now in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel), an ornate reddish-brown marble fireplace sculpted by

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(now in the

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), and elaborate interior decoration by Frederick Kaldenberg, John LaFarge,

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, Frederick W. MacMonnies, Rene de Quelin, and

and his brother Julius. The mansion was razed in 1927 for the construction of the

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at 754 Fifth Avenue. The mansion was photographed by Albert Levy while being built. Post also designed the palazzo across the street that faced the Vanderbilt Mansion for

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(1889–94). In

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, he built a home for the president of the

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, C.C. Baldwin, "Chateau-Nooga" or the Baldwin Cottage (1879–80), a polychromatic exercise in the "Quaint Style" with bargeboards and half-timbering;

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provided stained glass panels. Post also designed many of the gilded-age mansions found in Bernardsville, NJ and was credited more than anyone with selling wealthy New Yorkers on the idea of establishing a country home in the

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. He designed Kenilwood—a grand home built in 1896–1897 as a wedding gift for his daughter—now recognized as one of the two most important examples of

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. Kenilwood remained in the Post family until it was purchased by

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in 1988.

Public buildings

Post also designed more staid public and semi-public structures including the

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, the

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, the

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and the Wisconsin State Capitol. In 1893, Post was named to the architectural staff of the

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, by

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, where he designed the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. In 1894, Post, along with J. Herbert Ballantine,

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, and Edward T. H. Talmadge each pledged $8,000 to purchase land in

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to establish the Somerset Hills Country Club, which, after being built on the banks of Ravine Lake was relocated in 1917 to its present site and includes a golf course designed by

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. Many of Post's design's were landmarks of the era. Post's Equitable Life Building (1868–70), was the first office building designed to use elevators; Post himself leased the upper floors when contemporaries predicted they could not be rented. His

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(1872–75) at

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in Lower Manhattan, was the first office building to rise as high as ten stories, a forerunner of

s to come. When it was erected in "Newspaper Row" facing

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, Post's twenty-story New York World Building (1889–90) was the tallest building in New York City.

Personal life

Post married Alice Matilda Stone (1840–1909) on October 14, 1863. Together, they had five children: George Browne, Jr., William Stone, Allison Wright, James Otis and Alice Winifred. Post died on November 28, 1913, in

. He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in

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, New York City.

Partial list of works

* Kenilwood, Bernardsville, NJ. One of the two most important examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. *High Bridge Reformed Church, High Bridge, New Jersey, 1869 *

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, 1868–1870, razed 1912. * Bonner-Marquand Gymnasium,

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, 1869–1870, razed in 1907. *

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, Brooklyn, New York, 1870–1875 *

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, Troy, New York, 1875. *

, New York City, 1875. Often dubbed "the first

, this 10-story headquarters for

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featured a clock tower. The building was razed in 1914 for the

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headquarters at

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."Then and Now: Five Lost Buildings by George B. Post," ''Weylin,'' July 7, 2015.
/ref> *Claremont, Bernardsville, New Jersey, 1907. George Post's home in the Somerset Hills. For sale as of October 2020 for $10 million dollars. * Chickering Hall, New York City, c.1877. Built as the headquarters of the Chickering Piano Company, this four-story building faced in brick with brownstone and gray marble trim featured a 1,450-seat auditorium that hosted lectures by

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and

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and was the site of

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's first interstate telephone call to

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, in 1877. Razed. *

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(razed), 1877, notable for its use of large ground-level windows for better natural illumination of the interior.Weisman, Winston. "The Commercial Architecture of George B. Post." ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,'' Vol. 31, No. 3 (October 1972), pp. 176–203.
/ref> *Library and Lyceum, Morristown, New Jersey. 1878, Razed. *

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, Brooklyn, New York, 1878–1880, Romanesque revival building employing architectural terracotta, originally named Long Island Historical Society. * Post Building, New York City, 1880–81. A deep central recess provided light and air to the interiors, a feature that quickly became standard for large commercial structures. * Mills Building, New York City, 1881–1883, called "the first modern office building", on a two-story base, the upper eight floors reached by ten elevators, it used architectural terracotta panels, which Post had helped to introduce to the United States, and eliminated the conventional mansard roofline. Razed. *

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(1881–84) at

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faced

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. Built 1881–1885; Razed 1958. *

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Mansion, New York City, 1882, renovated and enlarged 1893, Razed 1927. *

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(razed), New York City, 1883–1885 *

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(razed), New York City, 1885 * New York World Building, or Pulitzer Building, New York City, at the time of its completion the

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, 1889–1890, Razed. *

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, New York City, 1888–89 * Union Trust Building (razed), 78–82 Broadway, New York City, 1889–1890 *

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(4 buildings), Newark, New Jersey, 1892–1911. Razed 1956. * Manufacturer's and Liberal Arts Building,

, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. Razed after the exposition concluded.Weisman, Winston. "The Commercial Architecture of George B. Post." ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,'' Vol. 31, No. 3 (October 1972), p. 189.
/ref> *

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building, Buffalo, New York, 1893, in Romanesque Revival. Razed in 1968. * Park Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1896, remodeled in the 1960s *

, New York City, 1897, Razed. *

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, New York City, 1898. Razed. *

, New York City, 1901–1903 *

Campus, New York City, 1903–1907, in Gothic Revival style *

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, Montreal, Quebec, 1904. *

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, Newark, New Jersey, 1904–08 (razed) * Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, 1906 *

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, Euclid Avenue,

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, 1908 * Pontiac Hotel,

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, 1912

References

External links

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George B. Post Architectural Records, circa 1860–1997 (bulk, 1880–1980), PR 53
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New-York Historical Society
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