Samuel Yellin (1884–1940), was an American master

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, and metal designer.

Career

Samuel Yellin was born to a Jewish family in

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in the Russian Empire in 1884. At the age of eleven, he was apprenticed to a master ironsmith. In 1900, at the age of sixteen, he completed his apprenticeship. Shortly afterwards he left the Ukraine and traveled through Europe. In about 1905, he arrived in Philadelphia, in the United States, where his mother and two sisters were already living. His brother arrived in Philadelphia at about the same time. In early 1906, Yellin took classes at the

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and within several months was teaching classes there, a position he maintained until 1919. Yellin Shop T-Square Catalogue 1922 p

In 1909, Yellin opened his own metalsmith shop. In 1915, the firm of Mellor, Meigs & Howe, for whom he designed and created many commissions, designed a new studio for Samuel Yellin Metalworkers at 5520 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Yellin died in 1940, but the firm remained there for decades under the direction of Yellin's son, Harvey. Following Harvey's death, the business moved forward under the ownership and guidance of Samuel Yellin's granddaughter, Clare Yellin. The firm has now been in operation for over 110 years as of this writing (2022). During the building boom of the 1920s, Samuel Yellin Metalworkers employed as many as 250 workers, many of them European artisans. Although Yellin was highly knowledgeable about traditional craftsmanship and design, he also championed creativity and the development of new designs. Samuel Yellin's works can be found in some of the finest buildings in America.

Honors

Yellin received awards from the

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(1919), the

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(1920), the

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(1922), and the Bok Civic Award from the City of Philadelphia (1925). He was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the T Square Club, the

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, and the Architectural League of New York.

Selected works

Universities, colleges and schools

* Annapolis Colored High School,

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, Maryland *

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

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Dominican Academy Dominican Academy is an American Catholic college preparatory school for girls, located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Domin ...

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Drexel Institute Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...

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, Pennsylvania *

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...

* Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, New York *

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

Oberlin, Ohio Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, 31 miles southwest of Cleveland. Oberlin is the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students. The town is the birthplace of the ...

Allen Memorial Art Museum The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) is an art museum located in Oberlin, Ohio, and it is run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, the collection contains over 15,000 works of art. Overview The AMAM is primarily a teaching museum and is aimed at ...

** Cox Administration Building *

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, Illinois *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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, Pennsylvania *

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

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Cathedral of Learning The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at , the 42-story Late Gothic Revival Cath ...

Heinz Chapel Heinz Memorial Chapel is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Unit ...

Stephen Foster Memorial The Stephen Collins Foster Memorial is a performing arts center and museum which houses the Stephen Foster Archives at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is dedicated to the life and works of American songwriter Ste ...

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

University of Tulsa The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has a historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic. The school traces its origin to ...

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, Oklahoma *

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

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, Virginia *

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

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Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

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Harkness Tower Harkness Tower is a masonry tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Collegiate Gothic Memorial Quadrangle complex completed in 1922, it is named for Charles William Harkness, brother of Yale's largest benefactor, Edward ...

(gates) **Swartwout Building,

Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

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, Philadelphia. File:Great Hall Bryn Mawr College PA.jpg, Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College. File:Cathedral of learning lights.jpg, Cathedral of Learning (1926), University of Pittsburgh. File:StphFostMemShrine.jpg, Stephen Foster Memorial (1937), University of Pittsburgh.

Institutional and commercial

(Alphabetical by state) *San Diego Air Station, San Diego, California *Aetna Life Insurance Co, Hartford, Connecticut *Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut *

Bok Singing Tower Bok Tower Gardens is a contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. Formerly known as the Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, the gardens' attractions include the ...

, Lake Wales, Florida *Sarasota Court House, Sarasota, Florida *Union Pacific RR Station, Boise, Idaho *

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, Illinois *Union Station, Indianapolis, Indiana *Baltimore Trust Company, Baltimore, Maryland *

Detroit Institute of Art The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers with a major renovation and expansion project complete ...

, Detroit, Michigan *

Detroit Public Library The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the 21st-largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the Uni ...

, Detroit, Michigan *Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan * Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan * University of Michigan Law Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan *

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Mississippi's first art museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1923 in memory of Lauren Eastman Rogers. The museum has an extensive collection of Native American baskets. It al ...

, Laurel, Mississippi *Morristown Memorial, Morristown, New Jersey *Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey *Victor Talking Machine Co, Camden, New Jersey *

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, New York, New York *

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, New York, New York *

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, New York, New York *

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(Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York, New York *

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, Brooklyn, New York *

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, New York, New York *Ford Motor Company, New York *General Motors Co., New York *International Business Machine (IBM) New York *Salvation Arm Headquarters, New York, New York *

Allegheny County Courthouse The Allegheny County Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is part of a complex (along with the old Allegheny County Jail) designed by H. H. Richardson. The buildings are considered among the finest examples of the Romanesque Revi ...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Candoro Marble Works The Candoro Marble Works was a marble cutting and polishing facility located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Established as a subsidiary of the John J. Craig Company in 1914, the facility's marble products were used in the construction of ...

(showroom door), Knoxville, Tennessee *Fidelity Bankers Trust, Knoxville, Tennessee *Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington *Citizens Bank, Weston, West Virginia File:Bok Tower door.JPG, Great Brass Door, Bok Singing Tower, Lake Wales, Florida File:Interrior view, Art Institute of Chicago.jpg, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois File:DIAhall2.jpg, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan

Ecclesiastical

*Baltimore Pro-Cathedral, Baltimore, Maryland *Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Detroit, Michigan *

Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania) The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, is a progressive and inclusive Episcopal parish church in the liberal Anglo-Catholic tradition. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania and is located in the Philadelphia ...

* Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, NY * Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California *Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron, Ohio *

Park Avenue Christian Church The Park Avenue Christian Church is located at 1010 Park Avenue at 85th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The building houses the Park Avenue Christian Church (The Park) congregation of the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Chris ...

, New York *Salt Lake City Cathedral, Salt Lake City, Utah *St. Bartholomew's Church, New York *St John's Cathedral, Denver, Colorado *

Cathedral of St. John the Divine The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (sometimes referred to as St. John's and also nicknamed St. John the Unfinished) is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. It is at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood ...

, New York *St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Canaan, Connecticut *Episcopal Church of the Evangelist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now

Fleisher Art Memorial Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial is a set of four buildings consisting of the former Church of the Evangelists and St. Martin's College for Indigent Boys. Previously an Episcopal church in the Bella Vista neighborhood of South Philadelphia, it is ...

. *

St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, at 1625 Locust Street in Rittenhouse Square, Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. It is part of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. History The church was fou ...

, Pennsylvania *St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York *St. Patrick's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri * St. Thomas Church, New York *St. Vincent Ferrer, New York *

Washington National Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral, is an American cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The cathedral is located in Washington, D.C., the cap ...

, Washington D.C. *

Washington Memorial Chapel Washington Memorial Chapel — located on Pennsylvania Route 23 in Valley Forge National Historical Park — is both a national memorial dedicated to General George Washington and an active Episcopal parish in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania ...

Valley Forge Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the B ...

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Residential

(Alphabetical by state) *

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, Henry DuPont residence, Wilmington, Delaware *

Dumbarton Oaks Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife, M ...

Robert Woods Bliss Robert Woods Bliss (August 5, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was an American diplomat, art collector, philanthropist, and one of the co-founders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. Early life Bliss was born in St. ...

residence, Washington, D.C. *

Cyrus McCormick Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. Originally from the ...

residence, Chicago, Illinois * Cranbrook,

George Gough Booth George Gough Booth (September 24, 1864 – April 11, 1949) was the publisher of the privately held Evening News Association, a co-founder of Booth Newspapers, and a philanthropist. Biography He was born on September 24, 1864 in Toronto to Henry ...

residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan *

George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the ...

residence, Rochester, New York *Fred Fisher residence, Detroit, Michigan * William E. Scripps Estate, Lake Orion, Michigan *George H. Christian Mansion, Minneapolis, Minnesota (current home of

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) * Frick Residence, New York * Dominican Academy High School, formerly the

Michael Friedsam Col. Michael Friedsam (1860–1931) was an American philanthropist of New York City. Friedsam was the former president of B. Altman and Company and one of the premier art collectors in America at that time. The Friedsam residence located at 4 ...

Residence, New York *

Isaac Guggenheim Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

residence, Port Washington, New York *Matinecock, Estate of

J.P. Morgan. Jr. JP may refer to: Arts and media * ''JP'' (album), 2001, by American singer Jesse Powell * ''Jp'' (magazine), an American Jeep magazine * ''Jönköpings-Posten'', a Swedish newspaper * Judas Priest, an English heavy metal band * ''Jurassic Park ...

, Long Island, New York * Eagle's Nest, Estate of

William K. Vanderbilt II William Kissam Vanderbilt II (October 26, 1878 – January 8, 1944) was an American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Early life He was born on October 26, 1878, in New York City, the second ...

, Long Island, New York *

Elie Nadelman Elie Nadelman (born Eliasz Nadelman; February 20, 1882 – December 28, 1946) was a Polish-American sculptor, draughtsman and collector of folk art. Early years Nadelman was born and studied briefly in Warsaw and then visited Munich in 1902 ...

residence, New York *Mrs. P.A. Rockefeller residence, Fayetteville, New York *Walter Rosen, Caramoor, Katonah, New York *

Reynolda House The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of United States, American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J ...

, Winston-Salem, North Carolina *

Stan Hywet Hall Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (70 acres) is a historic house museum in Akron, Ohio. The estate includes gardens, a greenhouse, carriage house, and the main mansion, one of the largest houses in the United States. A National Historic Landmark, it is ...

, Frank A. Seiberling residence, Akron, Ohio *

E.W. Marland Ernest Whitworth Marland, known as E. W. Marland (May 8, 1874 – October 3, 1941), was an American lawyer, oil businessman in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, and politician who was a U.S. representative and Oklahoma governor. He served in the United ...

Estate, Ponca City, Oklahoma *

Edward Bok Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (October 9, 1863 – January 9, 1930) was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the ''Ladies' Home Journal'' for 30 years (1889–1919). He ...

residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Henry F. Miller residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

High Hollow High Hollow, also known as the George Howe House, is a historic Chestnut Hill residence in Northwest Philadelphia designed and built by American architect George Howe. Design High Hollow's design is derived in-part from Howe's thesis while stu ...

, George Howe residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Richard B. Mellon Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 – December 1, 1933), sometimes R.B., part of the Mellon family, was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biography He and his brother Andrew Mellon, sons of Judge Tho ...

residence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney residence, Deer Run, Pennsylvania

Architects whose names appear in Yellin's job book

Ralph Adams Cram Ralph Adams Cram (December 16, 1863 – September 22, 1942) was a prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings, often in the Gothic Revival style. Cram & Ferguson and Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson are partner ...

, Boston, MA *

Paul Cret Paul Philippe Cret (October 23, 1876 – September 8, 1945) was a French-born Philadelphia architect and industrial designer. For more than thirty years, he taught at a design studio in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylv ...

, Philadelphia, PA *

Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas and We ...

, New York, NY *

Bertram Goodhue Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (April 28, 1869 – April 23, 1924) was an American architect celebrated for his work in Gothic Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for t ...

, Boston and New York * George Howe, Philadelphia, PA *

Benno Janssen Benno Janssen (March 12, 1874 – October 14, 1964) was an American architect. Childhood, education and career Benno Janssen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Oscar Janssen and Thekla Susenbeth. Janssen studied at the University of ...

, Pittsburgh, PA *

Charles Klauder Charles Zeller Klauder (February 9, 1872 – October 30, 1938) was an American architect best known for his work on university buildings and campus designs, especially his Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, the first educat ...

, Philadelphia, PA *

Milton Bennett Medary Milton Bennett Medary Jr. (February 6, 1874 – August 7, 1929) was an American architect from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, practicing with the firm Zantzinger, Borie and Medary from 1910 until his death. Biography Medary attended the University ...

, Philadelphia, PA *

Arthur Ingersoll Meigs Arthur Ingersoll Meigs (1882–1956) was an American architect. He and his colleagues at Mellor, Meigs, and Howe were involved in the design and construction oversight of bank buildings, the students' hall at Bryn Mawr College, multiple personal ...

, Philadelphia, PA *

Walter Mellor Walter Mellor (1880–1940) was an American architect. Biography Early life He was born on April 25, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was Alfred Mellor and his mother, Isabella (Latham) Mellor. He graduated from The Haverford S ...

, Philadelphia, PA * George Washington Smith, Montecito, CA *

Horace Trumbauer Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 – September 18, 1938) was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age, known for designing residential manors for the wealthy. Later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and much of ...

, Philadelphia, PA * Walker and Gillette, New York, NY *

Clarence C. Zantzinger Clarence Clark Zantzinger (1872-1954) was an architect and public servant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Life Clarence was born in Philadelphia, the son of Alfred Zantzinger (1839-1873) and Sarah Crawford Clark. Alfred was a medical doctor who was ...

, Philadelphia, PA

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*Andrews, Jack, ''Samuel Yellin: Metalsmith'', Skipjack Press, Ocean Pines Maryland, 2000 *Andrews, Jack, ''Samuel Yellin, Metalworker'', Anvil's Ring, Summer, 1982 *Architecture magazine, April 1929 *Bach, Penny Balkin, ''Public Art in Philadelphia'', Temple University Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992 *Bedford, Steven McLeod, ''John Russell Pope: Architect of Empire'', Rizzoli International Publications, NY, NY 1998 *Bok, Edward W., ''America's Taj Mahal: The Singing Tower of Florida'', The Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia c. 1929 *Davis, Myra T., ''Sketches in Iron'', no publishing information *''Detroit Institute of Arts: The Architecture'', The Detroit Institute of Arts 1928 *Fariello, Anna, "Samuel Yellin: Sketching in Iron," Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 2003, http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/samuel-yellin.htm *Federman, Peter, ''The Detroit Public Library'', Classical America IV, Classical America 1977 *Gallery, John A., Editor, ''Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City'', MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1984 *Harrington, Ty, "The Wizardry of Samuel Yellin, Artist in Metals", ''Smithsonian'', vol. 12, no. 12 (March 1982), pp. 65–75 *Heilbrun, Margaret, ''The Architecture of Cass Gilbert, Inventing the Skyline'', Columbia University Press, New York, NY 2000 *Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, ''Architectural Sculpture of America'', unpublished manuscript *Teitelman, Edward & Richard W. Longstreth, ''Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide'', MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1981 *Wattenmaker, Richard J., ''Samuel Yellin in Context'', Flint Museum of Arts, Flint, Michigan 1985 *Wister, Cret, Gilchrist et al., ''Melor Meigs & Howe'', Graybooks, Boulder Colorado 1991 (reprint of 1923 work)

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Samuel Yellin, Iron Worker
at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings {{DEFAULTSORT:Yellin, Samuel 1880s births 1940 deaths Artists from Philadelphia American blacksmiths American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Polish emigrants to the United States University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni University of the Arts (Philadelphia) faculty