Charles William Clinton (1838–1910) was an American architect. From 1894 until his death, Clinton was a partner of the prominent firm of

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, but from 1858 through 1894 he conducted his own significant career. Clinton was born and raised in New York, and received his formal architectural training in the office of

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. He left Upjohn in 1858 to begin a private practice, although he was associated with

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, and in the 1870s Clinton is twice credited alongside James W. Pirsson as collaborators. Clinton's most prominent solo commission is the privately funded and unusually ornate 1880

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; the architect himself was a member of the Seventh Regiment's Company K. Clinton died at his home in New York City on December 1, 1910.

Commissions

* John Bond Trevor House,

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, 1876 * Queens Insurance Company Building, 37-39 Wall Street, credited to Clinton & Pirsson, 1877 * the Manhattan Apartments, Second Avenue and 86th Street, funded by the Rhinelander family, 1879–80 * Heber R. Bishop House, 881 5th Ave *

, Park Avenue between East 66th and East 68th Street, with interior work by

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, and the

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, 1880 * city quarters for

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, Sixth Avenue and West 55th Street, 1886 * a cluster of four

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on Wall Street, including the Bank of America Building at 44-46 Wall Street (1888–89), the Merchants' National Bank at 31-33 Wall Street, the nine-story Central Trust Company of New York Building at 54 Wall Street (1886–87), and the ten-story Wilks Building at 15 Wall Street (1889–90)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinton, Charles W. 1838 births 1910 deaths Architects from New York (state)