Woodruff Leeming,

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, (July 14, 1870 – November 20, 1919) was an American architect who practiced in the New York area.Woodruff Leeming, AIA

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Biography

Born July 14, 1870, in

Quincy, Illinois Quincy ( ) is a city in Adams County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Mississippi River, the population was 39,463 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 40,633 in 2010. The Quincy, Illinois, mic ...

, he first trained at

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, and later the

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. Early experience included working on the plans for the

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(probably with

Heins & LaFarge Heins & LaFarge was a New York City–based architectural firm founded by Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were the architec ...

) before studying in Paris. Upon his return to America, he opened his own office. He served in

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, joining as a major and later entering the Army Reserve Corps with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married Esther Howard on November 6, 1899, and they had four children. He resided in

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, where he died on November 20, 1919.

Works

He designed the 1893 rectory for the

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, which is now a

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. Andrew S. Dolkhart
“Designation List 153: “South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory,”
(New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982), p.1-4.

References

1870 births 1919 deaths People from Quincy, Illinois Architects from New York City Architecture firms based in New York City American military personnel of World War I 20th-century American architects Architects from Illinois Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{US-architect-19C-stub