Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates

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Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates
Practice information
FoundersFrederic P. Wiedersum
Founded1926
Dissolved2019 (acquired by H2M architects + engineers)
Location Valley Stream, New York
Significant works and honors
Buildings Hall of Education (1964 New York World's Fair)
Nassau Community College
Queensborough Community College
Website
Official website (archived)

Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates (also known as Wiedersum Associates and Wiedersum Associates Architects, PLLC) was a major architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Valley Stream, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The firm was best known for designing schools and other institutions & facilities throughout the New York metropolitan area. It was acquired by H2M architects + engineers in 2019.

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The firm was founded in 1926 by Frederic P. Wiedersum, and was headquartered in Valley Stream, New York. [1] [2] [3] Throughout the firm's existence, it designed over 2,000 projects, including hundreds of schools and other major institutions & facilities throughout the New York metropolitan area – most notably on Long Island. [1] [4] [5] [6] The firm also formerly operated an office in Trenton, New Jersey and Hauppauge, New York. [7] [8]

In 1949, the Economic Cooperation Administration selected Frederic Wiedersum, who through his firm designed many schools, to aid the British in school designs as part of the Technical Assistance Program, under the Marshall Plan. [9]

Frederic P. Wiedersum Associates was also the firm which designed the Hall of Education at the 1964 New York World's Fair, located at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens. [10]

Wiedersum Associates was acquired by Melville, New York-based H2M architects + engineers in early 2019. [4]

Notable works

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