George Cary (architect)

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George Cary
George Cary.jpg
Cary in 1902
Born1859
DiedMay 5, 1945 (aged 86)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater Harvard College (1883)
Columbia University
L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Allithea Birge
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(m. 1908;died 1918)​
Parent(s)Walter Cary
Julia Love
Practice McKim, Mead and White
Buildings Buffalo History Museum
Ethnology Building

George Cary (1859 – May 5, 1945), [1] was a major American architect from New York State known for his designs for the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York. [2]

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Early life and education

George Cary was born in 1859. He was one of seven children born to prominent Buffalo resident, Dr. Walter Cary (1818–1881) and Julia Cary (née Love). [3] His siblings included: Trumbull Cary; Thomas Cary; Charles Cary, who in 1879 married Evelyn Rumsey; Jennie Cary, who married Laurence D. Rumsey; Walter Cary Jr.; and Seward Cary. His nephew through his sister Jennie, was Charles Cary Rumsey (1879–1922), who married Mary Harriman, daughter of millionaire railroad executive E. H. Harriman and Mary Williamson. [3]

Cary was the paternal grandson of Trumbull Cary (1787–1869), a New York State Senator and Assemblyman. [3] His maternal grand-uncle was Brig. General George Maltby Love. [4]

Career

Ethnology Building Pan-American Exposition - Ethnology and Government Buildings.jpg
Ethnology Building

Cary attended and graduated from Harvard and the Columbia School of Architecture. After graduating from Columbia, Cary spent a brief apprenticeship with McKim, Mead and White in New York City. Directly after that, he went to Paris and studied at the L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1886 until 1889, the first Buffalonian to do so. [2]

In 1891, he returned to Buffalo and set up practice. In the mid-1890s, Cary redesigned some rooms in the Ansley Wilcox House, [5] which later became known as Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site as it was the site where Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901. [6]

When the Exposition came to Buffalo, Cary became one of the three local architects on the Board of Architects for the Exposition and designed the Ethnology Building [5] and the New York State pavilion for the Pan-American Exposition. [7] The pavilion was the only permanent building created for the Exposition and later became the Buffalo Historical Society, then the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and today is the Buffalo History Museum. [2]

Notable projects

Personal life

In 1908, he married Allithea Birge, daughter of George K. Birge and Carrie Birge (Birge wallpaper and Pierce-Arrow cars). Cary designed features on their home at 460 Franklin Street in the Italianate style. [2] Together they had: [1]

Cary was a founder of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, served as president of the American Institute of Architects, of which he was a member for 53 years, a director of the Albright Art Gallery, member of the Fine Arts Academy. [1]

Allithea died in 1918 and he died in 1945, at eighty-six. Both are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. [1]

Philanthropy

In 1937, Cary donated what was then a 120 year old early American home to the city of Batavia, New York, for its restoration and preservation as an example of early American architecture. The city ultimately returned the donation stating that they could not use taxpayer dollars to fund and pay for the upkeep of the residence. [14]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Staff. "George Cary (1859–1945)". burchfieldpenney.org. Burchfield-Penney Art Center. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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  4. 1 2 "MARGUERITE WARREN IS ENGAGED TO MARRY; Descendant of Early New York Settlers to Become Bride of George Cary Jr". The New York Times . 29 June 1934. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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  6. ↑ "The House at 641 Delaware". Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site. National Park Service. 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2007-10-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Arts and Crafts at the Pan-American". The New York Times . 21 July 1901. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. 1 2 "TROTH ANNOUNCED OF RHODA COOGAN; Granddaughter of Late Dr. H.F. Osborn Will Be Married to Charles Cary on Feb. 1". The New York Times . 31 December 1946. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Staff (June 9, 2009). "Maria Love Bissell". Florida Times-Union . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Robinson, Jean; Wheeler II, Charles B.; Bissell, Roger. "Vital Statistics for descendants of Noah Bissell III and Solomon Bissell". rogerbissell.com. BHAM Vol. 1 No. 4. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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  12. ↑ "MARIA LOVE CAR MARRIED IN BUFFALO; Bride of Howard Bissel! Jr. Has Eight Attendants in Church Ceremony. ". The New York Times . January 19, 1936. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "RHODA G. COOGAN TO BE BRIDE FEB. 1; Chooses Alison Pyne as Maid of Honor at Marriage to Charles Gary in St. Thomas Church". The New York Times . January 17, 1947. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "BATAVIA BARS GIFT HOUSE; Council Declines to Use Funds to Maintain Early American Home". The New York Times . 6 June 1937. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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