Louis Berger & Co.

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Louis Berger & Co. was an architectural firm in Queens, New York active between 1895 and 1930. It was a major local architect of Ridgewood, Queens. [1] [2]

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The firm designed most of Ridgewood's row houses and tenement buildings, over 5,000 in number. It also designed Ridgewood's "only extant freestanding mansion", at 66-75 Forest Ave., which was built in 1906, and the Ridgewood National Bank building, later Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank. Louis Berger was first president of the Ridgewood National Bank. [1]

Berger or the firm designed multiple projects that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places either individually or as whole or part of a historic district. [3]

Louis Berger

Louis Berger was born in Rheinpfalz, Germany in 1875, immigrated to the U.S. in 1880, and came to Ridgewood in 1892. He studied architecture at the Pratt Institute. He apprenticed with the prestigious architectural firm Carrere and Hastings. [1] He opened his firm in Ridgewood in 1895.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ridgewood MRA".
  2. Donald G. Presa (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cooper Avenue Row Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-02-01.See also: "Accompanying two photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.