Albert Buchman

Albert Buchman (1859-1936) was an American architect in practice in New York.

Albert Buchman
Albert Buchman, 1859-1936
BornApril 11, 1859
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedApril 15, 1936(1936-04-15) (aged 77)
New York, New York
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
PracticeSchwarzmann & Buchman; Buchman & Deisler; Buchman & Fox; Buchman & Kahn

Life and career
Mortimer J. Fox, 1860-1945.

Buchman was born April 11, 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] He attended Cornell University, graduating in 1880. He then took a job with the architect Herman J. Schwarzmann in New York. In 1884, he was made junior partner in the firm of Schwarzmann & Buchman. Schwarzmann retired in 1886, and Buchman began practicing under his own name.[2] In 1887, he made Gustav Deisler junior partner in Buchman & Deisler.[lower-alpha 1] This continued until 1899, when Deisler retired from the firm and Buchman associated with Mortimer J. Fox as Buchman & Fox.[3] This partnership lasted until 1917, when Fox was appointed a vice president of the Columbia Bank.[lower-alpha 2]

After Fox retired, Buchman formed a fourth and final partnership with Ely Jacques Kahn, as Buchman & Kahn. Office manager John M. Montfort was also associated.[5] Due to his health Buchman eventually retired, and in January, 1930 Kahn reestablished the practice as the Firm of Ely Jacques Kahn, in association with Montfort.[6] Buchman died in New York, April 15, 1936.[1]

Buchman was a member of the American Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1929.[7]

Architectural works

[8]

  • Estherwood, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1894.
  • 695-709 Sixth Avenue NYC (aka Ehrich Brothers Store) -expansion, 1894 (as Buchman & Deisler)
  • 636-640 Sixth Avenue NYC (aka Alexander Building), 1896 (as Buchman & Deisler)
  • 7-9 West 18th Street NYC, 1896-97 (as Buchman & Deisler)
  • New facade for the Hebrew Girls' School (later Henry Street Settlement), New York City, 1900
  • 16 East 18th Street NYC, 1902 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • Leonori Building, New York City, 1902[9]
  • 695-709 Sixth Avenue NYC (aka Ehrich Brothers Store) -expansion, 1902, (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 18-22 West 18th Street NYC, 1902-04 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 162 Fifth Avenue NYC (aka Union Exchange Bank), 1903 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • Hotel Le Marquis, New York City, 1905
  • 684 Sixth Avenue NYC (alteration), 1905 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 85 Fifth Avenue NYC (aka Annin Building) - expansion, 1905, (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 14-16 West 17th Street NYC, 1906-07 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 12-14 West 21st Street NYC, 1907 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 30-32 West 21st Street NYC, 1907 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • B. Altman and Company Store, 615-629 Sixth Avenue NYC (alteration), 1909-10 & 1916-17, (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 604-612 Sixth Avenue NYC (aka Price Building), 1910-1912 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • 50-58 West 18th Street NYC (aka McCrorey Building), 1911-12 (as Buchman & Fox)
  • The Times Square Building, New York City, 1912

Notes
  1. Deisler had worked for the Schwarzmann firm for several years and was a graduate of the technical schools of Stuttgart and Munich.[2] After ending his association with Buchman, Deisler formed the contracting firm of Deisler & Stevenson.
  2. Fox's father, Joseph Fox, had been president of this bank from 1889 to 1916.[4]

References
  1. Albert Buchman at archINFORM
  2. "Buchman & Deisler," A History of Real Estate, Building and Architecture in New York City (New York: Real Estate Record Association, 1898): 697.
  3. "Of Interest to the Building Trades," Real Estate Record and Builders Guide 64, no. 1651 (November 4 1899): 681.
  4. "Banking and Financial News," Commercial and Financial Chronicle 105, no. 2730 (October 20 1917): 1592.
  5. Architecture and Building 49, no. 10 (October 1917): 24.
  6. Architecture and Building 62, no. 1 (January 1930): 22.
  7. "Albert Buchman", aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net, AIA Historical Directory of American Architects, n. d.
  8. "Ladies' Mile Historic District Designation Report" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 1989. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. Gray, Christopher (14 February 1988). "Streetscapes: The Leonori". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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