Lewis Nixon was a naval architect, shipbuilding executive, public servant, and political activist. He designed the United States' first modern battleships, and supervised the construction of its first modern submarines, all before his 40th birthday. He was briefly the leader of Tammany Hall. He started an ill-fated effort to run seven major American shipyards under common ownership as the United States Shipbuilding Company, and he was the chair of the New York City commission building the Williamsburg Bridge.
Hedden Iron Construction Company was a manufacturer of iron and steel components founded in 1889 and sold in 1931 to the Bethlehem Steel Company.
John Stewart Kennedy was a Scottish-born American businessman, financier and philanthropist. He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller among others.
The Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio is a major, national builder and restorer of pipe organs. Their facilities are located in Orrville, Ohio, about 44 miles due south of Cleveland, Ohio.
Gilbane Building Company, based in Providence, Rhode Island, is a national construction and facility management company. Gilbane Building Company operates as a subsidiary of Gilbane, Inc. Gilbane Building Company was officially incorporated in 1908.
Christian William Feigenspan was president of Feigenspan Brewing Company, president of Federal Trust Company, and president of the United States Brewers' Association.
Starrett & van Vleck was an American architectural firm based in New York City which specialized in the design of department stores, primarily in the early 20th century. It was active from 1908 until at least the late 1950s.
The American Bank Note Company Building is a five-story building at 70 Broad Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by architects Kirby, Petit & Green in the neo-classical style, and contains almost 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of space, with offices and residences on the upper floors. The exterior consists of a main facade on Broad Street with two columns, as well as side facades with pilasters on Beaver and Marketfield Streets.
Jeremiah O'Rourke, FAIA,, was an Irish-American architect known primarily for his designs of Roman Catholic churches and institutions and Federal post offices. He was a founder of the Newark-based architectural firms of Jeremiah O'Rourke and Jeremiah O'Rourke & Sons.
Paul Waldron Reilly, AIA, was an American architect who practiced in mid-20th-century New York, New Jersey, and Florida under the architectural firm name Paul W. Reilly
J. Rich Steers, Inc. was a prominent New York-based contracting company focusing on waterfront work. It specialized in heavy maritime infrastructure projects such as bridge and pier construction, tunnel, foundation and sewer and drain work. The firm and its related businesses maintained offices at 17 Battery Place in lower Manhattan, until ceasing operations in 1986.
Thompson–Starrett Co. was an American construction contracting and engineering firm based in New York City that operated from 1899 until 1968.
George S. Hobart was an American Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. He was the nephew of Garret Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States under President William McKinley.
Horace See was an American mechanical engineer, marine engineer, naval architect, inventor, and superintendent. He is known as principal naval architect at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard in Philadelphia, and as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1888–89.
The Mutual Reserve Building, also known as the Langdon Building and 305 Broadway, is an office building at Broadway and Duane Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The 13-story building, constructed between 1892 and 1894, was designed by William H. Hume and built by Richard Deeves, with Frederick H. Kindl as chief structural engineer. It is just east of the Civic Center of Manhattan, and carries the addresses 305–309 Broadway and 91–99 Duane Street.
Edward Long Hedden was Collector of the Port of New York from 1885 to 1886.
William Aiken Starrett, Jr. was an American builder and architect of skyscrapers. He was best known as the builder of the Empire State Building in New York City (1930–31). He was a principal officer of several companies associated with building approximately 200 notable buildings and skyscrapers in cities throughout the United States. He sent steel construction technology to Japan to help design buildings to resist earthquakes. During World War I he was a Colonel and assigned to overseeing the architectural engineering of army construction for military housing for over a million soldiers.
Christopher D. Cerf is an American education administrator and attorney who previously served as the state-appointed Superintendent of the Newark Public Schools in New Jersey.
John Joseph Donovan was a Washington State pioneer and the president of the state Chamber of Commerce, as well as one of the key founders of the City Council of Bellingham, Washington. During his life, Donovan actively participated in political, industrial, and commercial activity on city, county, and state levels. Several historic landmarks exist in Bellingham honoring J. J. Donovan, including his house, which was added to the National Historic Register, and a bronze statue installed in Fairhaven, Washington.
Edmund Waring Wakelee was an American lawyer, politician, and utility executive from New Jersey.
