Adams & Woodbridge
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Adams and Woodbridge was an American architectural firm in the mid-twentieth-century New York City
New York City
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, established in 1945 by Lewis Greenleaf Adams
Lewis Greenleaf Adams
Lewis Greenleaf Adams, AIA, , was an American architect based in New York City who practiced in mid- to late-twentieth-century New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, as part of the firms Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice, Adams & Prentice , Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge, Adams & Woodbridge Lewis Greenleaf...

, AIA
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...

, and Frederick James Woodbridge
Frederick James Woodbridge
Frederick James Woodbridge, AIA, , was an American architect based in New York City who practiced in mid- to late-twentieth-century New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, as part of the firms Evans, Moore & Woodbridge, Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge, and Adams & Woodbridge , as well as being a...

, FAIA
FAIA
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, and disestablished in 1974 after the latter's death. It was the successor to the firms Evans, Moore & Woodbridge
Evans, Moore & Woodbridge
Evans, Moore, and Woodbridge was an American architectural firm in the early to mid-twentieth-century New York City. Through partner, Frederick James Woodbridge, FAIA, it was a predecessor firms Adams and Woodbridge, which estimated in 1953 that the firm and its predecessors Evans, Moore, and...

, Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice, Adams & Prentice
Adams & Prentice
Adams & Prentice, Mamfeldt, Adams & Prentice, and Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge were s series of American architectural firms in mid-twentieth-century New York City, with Adams & Prentice being the most well-known, all established by architect Lewis Greenleaf Adams, AIA with various partners...

(fl.
Floruit
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 1929-1941), and Mamfeldt, Adams & Woodbridge

Adams & Woodbridge estimated in 1953 that their firm and its predecessors had been responsible for “about 100 residences and alterations.”

Works as Adams & Woodbridge (1945-1974)

  • 1947: New Jersey Manager’s Association, Trenton, New Jersey, $750,000
  • 1947: Brick Presbyterian Church (Manhattan), New York City, $600,000
  • 1947: Woodmere Academy, Woodmere, New York, $260,000
  • 1950: Alterations to Horace Mann Building, Teacher’s College, Manhattan, $380,000
  • 1952: Brick Church Chapel, Manhattan, New York, $115,000
  • 1952: Trinity Cathedral renovation, Newark, New Jersey, $110,000
  • 1952: Westwood Elementary School, Westwood, New Jersey, $460,000
  • 1952: Cedar Grove Community Church, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, $114,000
  • 1953: Church of the Open Door, Brooklyn, New York, $160,000
  • 1957-1969: 12 buildings for the Adirondack Museum
    Adirondack Museum
    The Adirondack Museum, located on NY-30 in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York, is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks...

    , Blue Mountain Lake, New York
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    Blue Mountain Lake is a rural hamlet in the Town of Indian Lake of Hamilton County, New York located at the intersection of New York Routes 28 and 30 with a population of 146 according to the 2000 United States Census. Blue Mountain Lake also refers to the lake on the banks of which the village is...

  • 1958: Hamilton College Freshman Dormitory and Infirmary, Clinton, New York
    Clinton, Oneida County, New York
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  • 1963: New York City Episcopal Church Center, New York City
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    .
  • 1966: Trinity Church Manning Wing, New York City
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    .
  • 1967: Harriet Ptnpps House, Girl Scouts Greater New York, New York City
    New York City
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Works responsible by either the various firms of Adams or Woodbridge

  • Henry R. Luce Residence (Gladstone, New Jersey), $150,000
  • Howard Phipps Residence (Westbury, New York), on Long Island, $380,000
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