Robert Rheinlander
Robert H. Rheinlander (1880–1961) was an American architect, contractor and structural engineer from Glens Falls, New York.
Career
[edit]Robert Rheinlander was based in Glens Falls, New York and designed and or built many well known and large buildings in the northern New York State area. He was a member of the Society of American Registered Architects.[1] His career was predominantly from 1900 – 1945. Among Rheinlanders achievements, he designed and rebuilt The Sagamore a grand Victorian hotel on Lake George in 1921–1922 after a fire.[2]
Robert designed and or built the following buildings which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
- The Cunningham House at 161 Warren Street
- The Hoopes House at 153 Warren Street
- The Hyde Museum at 169 Warren Street[3]
Additionally, he assisted in the designs the Finch Pruyne (Finch Paper) Headquarters building in Glens Falls. Rheinlander also built the Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls[4]
Rheinlander was a former director of the Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. and a director of the Tait Paper and Color Industries,[5] later known as Imperial Paper and Color Corp and ultimately owned by Ciba-Geigy.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Robert H. Rheinlander was born in 1880. He was a native of North Adams, Massachusetts.[1] Rhinelander was a member of the Society of American Registered Architects, a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of Senet Lodge of Masons of Albany and the Albany Sovereign Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons. He was also a member of the Glens Falls First Baptist Church.[1] He married Pauline Dearstyne, daughter of Harvey Rey Dearstyne. They had one son, Robert Rheinlander, and a daughter who went by the nickname "Billie."
Rheinlander died in 1961 and is buried at the Glens Falls Cemetery.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d https://newspaperarchive.com/north-adams-transcript-jul-07-1961-p-3/ (subscription required)
- ^ Resort hotels of the Adirondacks: the architecture of a summer paradise by Bryant Franklin Tolles June, 2003 page 197
- ^ "NEW YORK - Warren County". National Register of Historical Places. American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ "Warren County". October 13, 2016.
- ^ "L.M. Brown Head of Tait Industries" (PDF). Plattsburgh Sentinel. August 31, 1928. p. 3. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ "Imperial Color, Chemical and Paper Corporation". ColorantsHistory.Org. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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