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Edwin A. Quick
Edwin A. Quick (1841-1913) was an American architect practicing in Yonkers, New York, directly north of New York City. Life and career Edwin Quick was born in 1841 in Rhinebeck, New York, where he attended the Rhinebeck Academy. He studied architecture,"A Masonic Historian: The Valuable Labors of W. Bro. Edwin A. Quick in York Lodge, No. 197". Masonic Standard 12 May 1900: 12. New York. and worked as a construction superintendent in New York City, New York in the 1860s and 1870s, working for Arthur Gilman, Gilman & Edward H. Kendall, Kendall, J. William Schickel, and Renwick & Sands. He moved to Yonkers in April, 1874. He was practicing independently as an architect by 1882. Circa 1891 he made his son, H. Lansing Quick, a partner in the firm, which became Edwin A. Quick & Son. The two practiced together until 1913, upon the elder Quick's death. Quick died on October 19, 1913, at his home in Yonkers."Obituary: Edwin A. Quick". ''Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide'' 25 Oct. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinebeck, New York
Rhinebeck is a village (New York), village in the Rhinebeck (town), New York, town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. The postal ZIP code is 12572. U.S. Route 9 in New York, U.S. Route 9 passes through the village. History Native American presence The Sepasco band of Native Americans lived in the area of today's Rhinebeck at the time white colonists arrived. Sepasco/Sepascot is derived from the word ''sepuus,'' which means little river or stream, and refers to the Landman's Kill stream whose ''cot'' or ''coot'', meaning mouth, opens onto the southwestern shoreline of present-day Rhinebeck. This was the Drainage basin, watershed of the Sepascos. The Sepasco tribe had established a fertile stretch of land as a trail or tract leading from what is currently White School House Road to what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
