Tracy and Swartwout was a prominent
New York City
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architectural firm
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headed by Evarts Tracy and
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout (March 3, 1870 – February 18, 1943) was an American architect, most notably associated with his New York City architectural firm Tracy and Swartwout and McKim, Mead & White. His buildings, numbering over 100, were typica ...
.
History
Evarts Tracy (1868–1922) was the son of first cousins Jeremiah Evarts Tracy and Martha Sherman Greene. His paternal grandmother Martha Sherman Evarts and maternal grandmother Mary Evarts were the sisters of
William M. Evarts. Evarts Tracey graduated from
Yale
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 ...
in 1890.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout (March 3, 1870 – February 18, 1943) was an American architect, most notably associated with his New York City architectural firm Tracy and Swartwout and McKim, Mead & White. His buildings, numbering over 100, were typica ...
(1870–1943) was the first son of Satterlee Swartwout and Charlotte Elizabeth Edgerton (daughter of Ohio Representative
Alfred Peck Edgerton
Alfred Peck Edgerton (January 11, 1813 – May 14, 1897) was an American businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for two terms from 1851 to 1855.
Early life and career
Edgerton was born in Pla ...
). Swartwout graduated from Yale University in 1891.
Both Swartwout and Tracy had trained and worked as draftsmen with the renowned firm,
McKim, Mead and White.
From 1904-1909, Tracy and Swartwout were joined by architect
James Riely Gordon
James Riely Gordon (August 2, 1863 – March 16, 1937) was an architect who practiced in San Antonio until 1902 and then in New York City, where he gained national recognition. J. Riely Gordon is best known for his landmark county courthouses, ...
, forming the firm Gordon, Tracy & Swartwout.
In 1909-1912 the firm was joined by
Electus Darwin Litchfield, a graduate of the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
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and the
Stevens Institute of Technology
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. The firm was at this time named Tracy, Swartwout & Litchfield.
Evarts Tracy died January 31, 1922, in France, of chronic myocarditis.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout (March 3, 1870 – February 18, 1943) was an American architect, most notably associated with his New York City architectural firm Tracy and Swartwout and McKim, Mead & White. His buildings, numbering over 100, were typica ...
continued working on his own after Evarts Tracy's death.
Buildings
References
External links
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