William Goadby Loew

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William Goadby Loew
William and Florence Loew riding in an open carriage, 1906
Born(1875-11-03)November 3, 1875
DiedMay 23, 1955(1955-05-23) (aged 79)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia College
Occupations
  • Stockbroker
  • financier
Spouse
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(m. 1898)​
Children4
Parent(s)Edward Victor Loew
Julia Frances Goadby

William Goadby Loew (November 3, 1875 – May 23, 1955) was a Manhattan stockbroker and financier.

Early life[edit]

Loew was born on November 3, 1875. He was a son of Julia Frances (née Goadby) Loew and Edward Victor Loew,[1] a lawyer who served as New York City Comptroller.[2] His elder brother, also named Edward Victor Loew, married Catherine Cossitt Dodge,[3] and served in Squadron A of the New York Volunteer Cavalry with their uncle, Arthur M. Goadby, during the Spanish-American War.[4][5]

His paternal grandparents were Frederick J. Loew and Salome (née Schaffner) Loew, both natives of Strasbourg, Germany. His uncle was Frederick William Loew, the twelfth Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (who married Julia Augusta Vanderpoel, daughter of Dock Commissioner Jacob Vanderpoel).[6][7] His maternal grandparents were Thomas Goadby and Julia (née Stacey) Goadby of Manhattan.[8]

Loew graduated from Columbia College in 1897.[9]

Career[edit]

The same year he graduated from Columbia, he bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1897 which he retained until his death in 1955.[9]

In 1915, he founded Loew & Co., which maintained offices at 2 Wall Street until it was acquired by W. H. Goadby & Co. in 1938, of which Loew became a special partner,[10] although he later relinquished the connection.[9]

Thoroughbred horse racing[edit]

William Goadby Loew's grave, Locust Valley, NY (2011)

Loew was a fan of horse racing and an owner of Thoroughbred runners. His successful horses included Helioptic who won the 1946 Queens County Handicap, and the multiple stakes race winning filly Case Goods whose wins included the 1953 Astoria Stakes.[9]

Personal life[edit]

On April 12, 1898, Loew was married to Florence Bellows Baker, the daughter of George Fisher Baker, at All Souls' Unitarian Church in New York City.[11] In 1934, he was picked as one of the best-dressed men in the United States.[12] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Barbara Baker Loew (1899–1961), who married Edwin Main Post Jr., son of Emily Post, in 1920. They divorced in 1934 and she married Nicholas Ivanovich Holmsen in 1935.[13][14]
  • Florence Julia Loew (1901–1972), who married Robert Early Strawbridge Jr., a grandson of Charles Frederick Berwind, in 1931.[15]
  • Evelyn Loew (1903–1969), who married Edward Livingston Burrill (1896–1981) in 1923.[16] They divorced and she married Crawford Hill Jr., a son of Crawford Hill,[17] in 1936.[18][19]
  • Winifred Loew (1909–1982), who married Richard Trimble (1904–1941).[20] After his death, she married John Parkinson (1906–1973) in 1947.[21]

His wife died on May 24, 1936, at 56 East 93rd Street,[22][23] their townhouse in New York City.[24][25][26] Loew died of a heart attack at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City on May 23, 1955.[9] He is buried with his wife at Locust Valley Cemetery in Locust Valley.

Residences and collections[edit]

The William Goadby Loew House, New York City

In addition to their New York City townhouse at 56 East 93rd Street, they owned Stoneacre, a large villa along Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island (the grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted), and Loewmoor in Old Westbury, New York (originally the Charles Albert Stevens estate named Annondale, and subsequently owned by Charles T. Barney before Loew).[9][27]

The contents of his home in Old Westbury, including "a quantity of eighteenth-century cabinetwork, British sporting paintings, views and portraits, Chinese and French porcelain, antique textiles and fine Oriental rugs", were auctioned off in early 1951.[28] The English furniture, silver, paintings and other household items from his New York residence were auctioned off after his death.[29]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DEATH LIST OF A DAY. | Edward Victor Loew". The New York Times. 11 November 1907. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ New York City Directory. 1886. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ Miller, Tom (4 November 2016). "Daytonian in Manhattan: The John S. Rogers Mansion - No. 53 East 79th Street". daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ Goadby, Arthur M. (2 January 1896). "THEY NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN; What Is the Cause of the Present Degeneracy of Our Congress?". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Roll of Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1898". www.spanamwar.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ^ Brooks, James Wilton (1896). History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York: With Full Reports of All Important Proceedings. Subscription. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. ^ McAdam, David; Bischoff, Henry; Clarke, Richard Henry; Dykman, Jackson O.; Cott, Joshua Marsden Van; Reynolds, George G. (1897). History of the Bench and Bar of New York: Coudert, F.R. The bar of New York, 1792-1892. [Biographical. New York History Company. p. 252. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White Company. 1897. p. 309. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "W. G. LOEW DEAD; STOCKBROKER, 79; Prominent Society Figure and Sportsman Bought Exchange Seat in 1897". The New York Times. 24 May 1955. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ "W. H. Goadby & Co. to Absorb Loew & Co. And Take Over Quarters at 2 Wall St". The New York Times. 24 February 1938. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "EASTER MONDAY NUPTIALS; Miss Florence Baker Is Married to William Goadby Loew at All Souls' Church. CLARKSON-CLARKSON WEDDING The Rev. William M. Grosvenor Performs the Ceremony at the Incarnation Church -- Miss Dunham Becomes Mrs. Luling -- Other Marriages". The New York Times. 12 April 1898. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ "BROKER ACCLAIMED BEST-DRESSED MAN; Jury of Tailors Picks William Goadby Loew of Wall St. for Sartorial Taste". The New York Times. 25 December 1934. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ^ "NICHOLAS HOLMSEN, SOCIETY FIGURE, 60". The New York Times. 27 February 1962. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  14. ^ "MRS. BARBARA POST HAS HOME WEDDING; Becomes Bride of Nicholas Holmsen in Ceremony in Her Sister's Residence". The New York Times. 22 June 1935. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  15. ^ Times, Special to The New York (31 July 1931). "MISS FLORENCE LOEW TO MARRY ON AUG. 15; Simple Ceremony to Mark Her Wedding to R.E. Strawbridge in Trinity Church, Newport, R.I." The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  16. ^ "RUSH OF WEDDINGS MARKS EARLY JUNE; Miss Evelyn Loew and E. L. Surrill Jr. Are Wed a^Old Westbury". The New York Times. 3 June 1923. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  17. ^ Times, Special to The New York (4 April 1960). "CRAWFORD HILL DIES; STOCKBROKER WAS 61". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  18. ^ "MRS. LOEW BURRILL TO BE WED JAN,'2; Marriage to Crawford Hill Take Place at Home of Parents, the W. G. Loews". The New York Times. 10 January 1936. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Hill -- Burrill". The New York Times. 25 January 1936. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  20. ^ "WINIFRED LOEW WED TO RICHARD TRIMBLE; Several Hundred at Wedding of G.F. Baker's Granddaughter in Old Westbury. RECEPTION HELD OUTDOORS Bride's Sister Her Only Attendant --Henry Parish 2d Is Best Man --Ushers Number Twelve". The New York Times. 26 June 1930. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  21. ^ "MRS.TRIMBLE WED IN HOME OF FATHER; Daughter of William G. Loew Is Bride of John Parkinson Jr. --Dr. L. I. Neale Officiates ". The New York Times. 10 October 1947. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  22. ^ "PLAN $300,000 HOME IN EAST 93D STREET; William Goadby Loews to Join New Residential Colony Near Madison Avenue. YORK AVENUE CORNER SOLD Sixteen-Story Studio Building to Replace Five Tenements on 91st St. Corner--Other Sales". The New York Times. 20 November 1930. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  23. ^ "2,000 VISIT MANSION; Brave Rain to Tour 40-Room William Goadby Loew House". The New York Times. 16 April 1956. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  24. ^ "MRS. LOEW IS DEAD; LEADER IN SOCIETY; Daughter of Late George F. Baker, Famous Banker, and Wife of New York Broker. NOTED AS HORSEWOMAN Benefactor of Needy Children-Had Won Many Prizes for Flower Show Exhibits". The New York Times. 25 May 1936. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Mrs. W. G. Loew Dies In N. Y.; Once Harford Hunt Master. Daughter Of Late George F. Baker Was Known Here For Charities And Interest In Many Forms Of Sport". Baltimore Sun. May 25, 1936. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  26. ^ "Mrs. Loew Is Dead. Leader In Society. Daughter of Late George F. Baker, Famous Banker, and Wife of New York Broker. Noted as Horsewoman. Benefactor of Needy Children-Had Won Many Prizes for Flower Show Exhibits". New York Times. May 25, 1936. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  27. ^ Mahon, Cathy (May 13, 2010). "Old Westbury's Loewmoor estate comes on the market". Newsday. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  28. ^ "FIRST '51 AUCTIONS SET FOR THIS WEEK; Objects From Westbury Home of William Goadby Loew to Be Among Dispersals French Settee in Needlepoint English Imports Offered". The New York Times. 31 December 1950. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  29. ^ "LOEW COLLECTION TO BE AUCTIONED; English Appointments Go One Block This Week--French Furniture Also Offered". The New York Times. 22 April 1956. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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