Allen & Collens
Allen & Collens was an architectural partnership between Francis Richmond Allen and Charles Collens that was active from 1904 to 1931.[1]:5 Allen had previously worked in the Boston-based partnerships Allen & Kenway (1878–91) and Allen & Vance (1896-98),[2] which executed Lathrop House (1901) and Davison House (1902) at Vassar College. The firm was known for its Gothic Revival design work.
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Thompson Memorial Chapel, Williams College
Francis R. Allen died in November 1931. Charles Collens continued to practice under the name Collens, Willis and Beckonert. Collens died in September 1956.[3][4]
Notable works
- Central Presbyterian Church, 593 Park Avenue, New York, New York (Allen & Collens)[5]
- The Cloisters museum buildings, Fort Tryon Park, New York, New York (Allen, Collens & Willis)[6][7]
- Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (Allen & Collens)
- First Parish Church, 87 School St., Waltham, Massachusetts (Allen & Collens)[8]
- Hartford Seminary Foundation, 55 Elizabeth St. and 72-120 Sherman St. Hartford, Connecticut (Collens)[8]
- Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston (Allen & Collens)[9]
- Newton City Hall and War Memorial, 1000 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, Massachusetts (Allen & Collens)[8]
- Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, 70 Hooker Ave. Poughkeepsie, New York (Collens)[8]
- The mansion at Sonnenberg Gardens, the estate house of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, Canandaigua, New York[1]:5
- Stillington Hall mansion, Gloucester, Massachusetts[10]
- Second Church in Newton, Newton, Massachusetts[11]
- Twin Oaks, Washington, D.C. (Allen & Collens), the home of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, founder of Bell Telephone Company and the National Geographic Society
- Union Theological Seminary, W. 120th St. and Broadway, New York, New York (Allen & Collens)[8]
- United Congregational Church, 877 Park Ave. Bridgeport, Connecticut (Allen & Collens)[8][12]
- US Post Office, 28 N. Main St., Canandaigua, New York (Allen & Collens)[8]
- William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Allen & Collens)[13]
References
- Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canandaigua Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 14 photos".
- Marquis, ed.Who's Who in New England 1915.
- "F. R. Allen Dead; Boston Architect". New York Times. November 8, 1931.
- "Charles Collens Dies; Designed Buildings Here". Hartford Courant. September 20, 1956. p. 5.
- "Central Presbyterian Church". nycago.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29.
- "Cloisters Opened on Tryon Heights". The New York Times. May 11, 1938.
- "Architects File Plans For the New Cloisters". The New York Times. April 6, 1935.("Plans of the Cloisters Building ... were filed yesterday by Allen, Collens & Williams, the architects.")
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Architects & Craftsmen of Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston". Emmanuel Church. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- "Ron Hazelton House Tour". Good Morning America. January 6, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- Kate Ohno and John Herzan (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: United Congregational Church". National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, from 1983
- "William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library". Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Digital Library. The Ohio State University. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
External links
Allen & Collens works. Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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