Edwin A. Quick

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Edwin A. Quick
Edwin A. Quick, 1900
BornMay 24, 1841
Rhinebeck, New York
DiedOctober 19, 1913
Yonkers, New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
PracticeE. A. Quick; E. A. Quick & Son
Messiah Baptist Church, Yonkers, 1887.
Colgate Library, Colgate University, 1889.
Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, 1903.
Yonkers City Hall, Yonkers, 1908.

Edwin A. Quick (1841-1913) was an American architect practicing in Yonkers, New York, directly north of New York City.

Life and career[edit]

Edwin Quick was born in 1841 in Rhinebeck, New York, where he attended the Rhinebeck Academy. He studied architecture,[1] and worked as a construction superintendent in New York in the 1860s and 1870s, working for Gilman & Kendall, J. William Schickel, and Renwick & Sands.[2] He moved to Yonkers in April, 1874.[1] He was practicing independently as an architect by 1882.[3] Circa 1891 he made his son, H. Lansing Quick, a partner in the firm, which became Edwin A. Quick & Son. The two practiced together until 1913, upon the elder Quick's death.

Quick died on October 19, 1913, at his home in Yonkers.[2]

Architectural works[edit]

E. A. Quick, before 1891[edit]

  • 1887 - Messiah Baptist Church, 76 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, New York[4]
  • 1889 - Colgate Library (Former), Colgate University, Hamilton, New York[5]
  • 1890 - Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 320 Walnut St, Yonkers, New York[4]
    • Destroyed.
  • 1891 - Leslie M. Saunders House (Greystone), 1 Greystone Ter, Yonkers, New York[6]

E. A. Quick & Son, 1891-1913[edit]

  • 1891 - Macedonia Baptist Church, 243 Pershing Dr, Ansonia, Connecticut[7]
  • 1891 - Nodine Hill Water Tower, Elm St, Yonkers, New York[8]
    • Collapsed in 1937.[9]
  • 1893 - Westchester County Hall of Records, 166 Main St, White Plains, New York[10]
    • Demolished.
  • 1894 - Yonkers City Hospital, 1 Ridge Hill Blvd, Yonkers, New York[11]
    • Demolished.
  • 1896 - Citizens' National Bank Building, 6 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York[12]
    • Demolished.
  • 1896 - McCann Building, 25 N Broadway, Yonkers, New York[13]
  • 1899 - Merrill (President's) House, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York[14]
  • 1900 - Hamilton High School, 35 Broad St, Hamilton, New York[15]
    • Demolished.
  • 1900 - Anna J. Ivers Apartments, 37 Oak St, Yonkers, New York[16]
  • 1900 - New York Telephone Co. Exchange Building, 47 S 6th Ave, Mount Vernon, New York[17]
  • 1901 - Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 320 Walnut St, Yonkers, New York[18]
  • 1901 - Henry R. Hicks House, 303 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York[19]
    • Demolished.
  • 1901 - Oak Street Firehouse, 81 Oak St, Yonkers, New York[18]
  • 1903 - Yonkers Public Library, 70 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York[20]
    • Demolished in 1982.
  • 1908 - Yonkers City Hall, 40 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York[21]
  • 1912 - Hamilton Theatre, 9 Main St, Yonkers, New York[22]
    • Demolished in 1927.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "A Masonic Historian: The Valuable Labors of W. Bro. Edwin A. Quick in York Lodge, No. 197". Masonic Standard 12 May 1900: 12. New York.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Edwin A. Quick". Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 25 Oct. 1913: 780. New York.
  3. ^ American Architect and Building News 19 Aug. 1882: 92. Boston.
  4. ^ a b Kirkwood, Agnes E. Church and Sunday-School Work in Yonkers: Its Origin and Progress. 1889.
  5. ^ Library Journal April 1889: 166.
  6. ^ Cary, Bill. "Grand old manor in Yonkers, for $1.995 million". http://www.lohud.com/. 5 Dec. 2014.
  7. ^ Educator Nov. 1891: 14.
  8. ^ "The New High Service Water Tower at Yonkers, NY". Engineering News 19 May 1892: 494. New York.
  9. ^ Yonkers Herald-Statesman 25 Oct. 1937: 1.
  10. ^ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 3 April 1893: 584. New York.
  11. ^ 'Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 27 Jan. 1894: 136. New York.
  12. ^ American Architect and Building News 4 April 1896: xix. Boston.
  13. ^ Brenner, Elsa. "IN THE REGION/Westchester; Lofts Provide a SoHo Feel in Yonkers". https://www.nytimes.com/. New York Times, 9 Oct. 2005.
  14. ^ Williams, Howard D. A History of Colgate University, 1819-1969. 1969.
  15. ^ Brickbuilder March 1900: 66. Boston.
  16. ^ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 15 Sept. 1900: 325. New York.
  17. ^ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 4 Aug. 1900: 148. New York.
  18. ^ a b Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 19 Jan. 1901: 99. New York.
  19. ^ Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 13 April 1901: 648. New York.
  20. ^ Yonkers: Next to the Largest City in the United States. Ed. J. F. Gilder. 1914.
  21. ^ Engineering News 29 March 1908: 91. New York.
  22. ^ Yonkers Historical Society. Then & Now: Yonkers. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2008.
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