George Edward Harney

George Edward Harney

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, East Providence, RI. 1872.

Moffat Library, Washingtonville, NY. 1887.

Mercantile Library Building, New York, NY. 1890.

George Edward Harney (1840–1924) was a late-19th-century American architect based in New York City.^[1] Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Harney received his early training in the office of local engineer Alonzo Lewis. In 1863 he relocated to Cold Spring, New York with an office in Newburgh, just upriver. He moved again to New York City in 1873. In 1874 he partnered with William I. Paulding in Harney & Paulding, the firm only lasting for that year.^[2] Soon after 1890 Harney took William S. Purdy as a partner in the firm of Harney & Purdy.^[3] They remained associated until at least 1910.^[4]

Buildings

• Plumbush, 1656 Route 9D, Cold Spring, NY (1865) - The residence of Robert Parker Parrott, the inventor of the Parrott gun. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
• Episcopal Church of St Mary-in-the-Highlands, 1 Chestnut St., Cold Spring, NY (1868) - Harney was a vestryman here.^[5]
• St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 83 Warren Ave., East Providence, RI (1872)^[6]
• Brooks Brothers Store, 670 Broadway (1873-74)^[7]
• Frederick W. Stevens House, 2 W. 57th St., New York, NY (1876) - Demolished.^[8]
• Stevens Building, 18 Wall St., New York, NY (1879) - Occupied part of the site of 14 Wall Street.^[9]
• Southwood, 278 Warren St., Brookline, MA (1880) - The residence of Barthold Schlesinger.^[10]
• Commercial Union Assurance Co. Building, 46 Pine St., New York, NY (1883) - Demolished.^[11]
• Eagle Building, 71 Wall St., New York, NY (1884) - Headquarters of the Eagle Insurance Company. Demolished.^[12]
• John H. Ballantine House, 49 Washington St., Newark, NJ (1885) - Now part of the Newark Museum.^[13]
• George Bruce Memorial Library, 226 W. 42nd St., New York, NY (1887) - Originally a branch of the New York Free Circulating Library. Demolished.^[14]
• Moffat Library, 6. W. Main St., Washingtonville, NY (1887) - Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
• George E. Dodge House, 27 W. 57th St., New York, NY (1888) - Demolished.^[15]
• Hotel Champlain, 136 Clinton Point Dr., Plattsburgh, NY (1888-90) - Burned in 1910.^[16]
• Washington A. Roebling House, 191 W. State St., Trenton, NJ (1889-1892) - Demolished in 1946.^[17]
• M. R. Townsend Houses, 3-5 E. 10th St., New York, NY (1890)^[18]
• The Arches, 341 Gin Ln., Southampton, NY (1890) - Owned by the architect. Demolished.^[19]
• Mercantile Library Building, 13 Astor Pl., New York, NY (1890) - On the site of Clinton Hall. It is today condominiums.^[20]
• Delaware and Hudson Railroad Depot, 37 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, PA (1893-99) - Demolished.^[21]
• Meadow Beach, 48 Gin Ln., Southampton, NY (1893) - The residence of Henry M. Day. Highly altered.^[22]
• Helena Flint House, 85 Larchmont Ave., Larchmont, NY (1894)^[23]
• God's Providence House, 330 Broome St., New York, NY (1894) - Vacant.^[24]
• Lincoln Safety Deposit Co. Warehouses, 60 E. 42nd St., New York, NY (1894) - Demolished, now the site of the Lincoln Building^[25]
• George E. Dodge House, 154 E. Lake Rd., Tuxedo Park, NY (1898) - Demolished.^[26]
• Lincoln Hospital and Home, 350 Concord Ave., Bronx, NY (1898) - Demolished.^[27]
• Robert Olyphant House, 16 E. 52nd St., New York, NY (1900) - Demolished.^[28]
• Commercial Union Assurance Co. Annex, 60 William St., New York, NY (1903) - Demolished.^[29]
• Fort William Henry Hotel (Addition), 48 Canada St., Lake George, NY (1908) - Burned in 1909.^[30]

References

1. Louie, Elaine (November 17, 1994). "In a Newark Manor, Remains of the Day". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
2. NoHo Historic District: Designation Report. 1999.
3. Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks. Lebanon: University Press of New England, 2003.
4. Trow Copartnership and Corporation Directory of the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, City of New York, March, 1910. New York: Trow Directory, Printing, and Bookbinding Co., 1909.
5. "The Episcopal Church of St Mary-in-the-Highlands". Retrieved 2008-06-30.
6. Historic Resources of East Providence, Rhode Island: Partial Inventory, Historic and Architectural Properties. Washington: United States Department of the Interior, 1979.
7. White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000), AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.), New York: Three Rivers Press, ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5, p.160
8. American Architect and Building News 24 March 1877: x.
9. Manufacturer and Builder June 1879: 128.
10. "Southwood" mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
11. Sanitary Engineer 10 May 1883: 539.
12. Manufacturer and Building May 1884: 104.
13. Emblen, Mary L. (1994-12-04). "Reopening". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
14. "The Bruce Library". Library Journal Jan. 1888: 18.
15. Engineering and Building Record 24 Dec. 1887: 64.
16. Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks. Lebanon: University Press of New England, 2003.
17. http://www.tesc.edu/documents/Campus_with_a_History.pdf
18. Engineering and Building Record 18 Oct. 1890: 321.
19. Spanburgh, Sally. The Southampton Cottages of Gin Lane: The Original Hamptons Summer Colony. Charleston: History Press, 2012.
20. White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000), AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.), New York: Three Rivers Press, ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5
21. Engineering Record 21 Oct. 1893: 339.
22. "A Summer House at Southampton, Long Island". Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition May 1894: 66.
23. Scientific American 7 Aug. 1897: 92.
24. Engineering Record 6 Jan. 1894: 99.
25. Souvenir of the XXViiith Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects, October, 1895. 1894.
26. American Architect and Building News 24 Sept. 1898: xiii.
27. Engineering News 18 Nov. 1898: 189.
28. American Architect and Building News 21 July 1900: xii.
29. Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 14 Feb. 1903: 304.
30. Engineering News 20 Feb. 1908: 55.

External links

• Works by or about George Edward Harney at Internet Archive