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Alfred T. Fellheimer (March 9, 1875 – 1959) was an American architect. He began his career with Reed & Stem, where he was lead architect for

Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal station, terminal located at 42nd Street (Manhattan), 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York Ci ...

. Beginning in 1928, his firm Fellheimer & Wagner designed

Cincinnati Union Terminal Cincinnati Union Terminal is an intercity train station and museum center in the Queensgate, Cincinnati, Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Commonly abbreviated as CUT, or by its Amtrak station code, CIN, the Railroad terminal, termin ...

Biography

Felheimer was born in Chicago. He graduated in 1895 from the University of Illinois School of Architecture where he had studied with

Nathan Clifford Ricker Nathan Clifford Ricker, D.Arch (June 24, 1843 – March 19, 1924) was a professor and architect known for his work at the University of Illinois. He was born on a farm near Acton, Maine June 24, 1843. In 1875, he was married to Mary Carter ...

. In 1898, he joined the firm of

Frost & Granger Frost & Granger was an American architectural partnership from 1898 to 1910 of brothers-in-law Charles Sumner Frost (1856–1931) and Alfred Hoyt Granger (1867–1939). Frost and Granger were known for their designs of train stations and terminal ...

. In 1903 he joined

Reed and Stem Reed and Stem (present-day WASA Studio) is an American architectural and engineering firm. The firm was founded in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1891 as a partnership between Charles A. Reed (1858–1911) and Allen H. Stem (1856–1931), the successfu ...

. As a junior partner he was lead architect in Reed & Stem's partnership with

Warren and Wetmore Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm based in New York City, a partnership established about 1889 by Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles D. Wetmore (1866–1941). They had one of the most extensive practices of their time, and were e ...

to design

during its construction, starting in 1903. Following the death of Charles Reed in 1911 he became a named partner of Stem & Fellheimer which designed Union Station (Utica, New York) in 1913. The firm became Fellheimer & Long with Allen H. Stem Associated Architects in 1914 and designed the Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) in the

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. In 1923 he and an associate, Steward Wagner, from the earlier firm formed Fellheimer & Wagner and designed the

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. The firm completed the Cincinnati station in 1933. In 1939 the firm had a commission to do a complete overhaul of the CBS Studio Building. The firm became Fellheimer, Wagner & Vollmer which designed the

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project in

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starting in 1942. and the Albany Houses complex in Brooklyn starting in 1950 for the

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. In 1951, the firm designed a new Montclair, New Jersey branch store with

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for Newark-based Hahne & Company. In 1952, Fellheimer & Wagner designed the Beekman Theatre in New York City. The architectural drawings of Fellheimer & Wagner are held by the Department of Drawings & Archives at the

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Projects

, Manhattan, New York, 1913 * Quaker Ridge (NYW&B station), New Rochelle, New York, 1912 *

, Utica, New York, 1913 * Morris Park (NYW&B station), Bronx, New York 1914 *

Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia) Terminal Station, Macon, Georgia, is a railroad station that was built in 1916, and is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect Alfred T. Fellheimer (1875–1959), prominent for his design ...

, 1916 * Union Station (Burlington, Vermont), 1916 *

, Erie Pennsylvania, 1927 * Greensboro (Amtrak station), Greensboro, North Carolina, 1927 *

Buffalo Central Terminal Buffalo Central Terminal is a historic former railroad station in Buffalo, New York. An active station from 1929 to 1979, the 17-story Art Deco style station was designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner for the New York Central Railroad. The ...

, Buffalo, New York, 1929 * Union Station (South Bend, Indiana), 1929 *

Hamilton GO Centre Hamilton GO Centre is a commuter rail station and bus terminal in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. As the terminal stop for evening rush-hour Lakeshore West line trains, it is a major hub for GO Transit bus and train services. History Hamilto ...

(TH&B Head Office and Hamilton Station), Hamilton, Ontario (1931-1933) *

, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933 * CBS Studio Building, Manhattan, New York, 1939 (remodel) *

, Brooklyn, New York, 1942 *Albany Houses, Brooklyn, New York, 1950 * Hahne & Company department store, Montclair, New Jersey, 1951 *Beekman Theatre, Manhattan, 1952

Gallery

File:Quaker Ridge station, 1914.jpg, Quaker Ridge Station of New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, New Rochelle, New York File:Utica Union Station.jpg, Union Station, Utica, New York File:Morris Pk Sta 5 facade jeh.jpg, Morris Park Station facade, New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad, Bronx, New York File:Terminal Station, at night, Macon, Georgia (8368122138).jpg, Terminal Station, Macon, Georgia File:Union Station, Burlington, Vt. - 8.jpg, Union Station, Burlington, Vermont File:Erie Union Station, May 2015.jpg, Union Station, Erie, Pennsylvania File:GRO Amtrak Station Inside.JPG, Southern Railway (Amtrak) Depot interior, Greensboro, North Carolina File:South-bend-union-station.jpg, Union Station, South Bend, Indiana File:Hahne & Co., business in Montclair, New Jersey. LOC gsc.5a20259.jpg, Hahne & Company department store, Montclair, New Jersey

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Fellheimer & Wagner architectural drawings of railroad stations in the United States and Canada, 1915-1931
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fellheimer, Alfred 1875 births 1959 deaths Architects from Chicago University of Illinois School of Architecture alumni American railway architects 20th-century American architects

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