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[[File:Macy's Herald Square LC-USZ62-123584 crop.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Main facade of the building in 1907|[[Macy's Herald Square]] department store, 151 West 34th St., [[Manhattan]], New York City, NY]]
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[[File:Sixth Avenue NYC 2007.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Main facade of the building in 2007|[[Siegel-Cooper Company]] [[department store]], West 19th Street and 6th Avenue, New York City, NY]]
'''Theodore de Lemos''' was an architect famous in three countries.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10916F93C5512738DDDAB0994DC405B898CF1D3 Theodore De Lemos] New York Times</ref>
'''Theodore de Lemos''' (1850, [[Holstein]], [[German Confederation]] – 12 April 1909, [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]), son of Hermann and Maria Grothe De Lemos of Holstein, was an [[architect]], graduated with honors at the [[Bauakademie|Berlin Royal Academy of Buildings]], famous for his designs in three countries, [[Germany]], [[Mexico]], and the United States.<ref name="NYT-1909">{{Cite journal |title=Theodore de Lemos, Architect, Is Dead |journal=[[The New York Times]] |date={{Date|1909-04-12}} |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10916F93C5512738DDDAB0994DC405B898CF1D3 |format=PDF }}</ref> In 1981, de Lemos left Germany and settled in New York, where he married Margaretta Becker and had a daughter, Marie Katherine.<ref name="NYT-1909" />

==Works==
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*1870s–1881 German Army buildings.
*1983 The Eden Musée (associated with [[Henry Fernbach]]), New York City, NY
*1884 {{Anchor|De Lemos & Cordes}}De Lemos & Cordes (associated with architect A. W. Cordes).
**The [[Grand Central Palace]], built in 1893 on Lexington Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets ({{Coord|40.752451|-73.975296|region:US-NY_typ:landmark|display=inline}}) and demolished by 1913 to make way for the Grand Central development after it had served as a temporary station during the building of the terminal.<ref name=historychannel1>{{cite web |title=History at Grand Central |url=http://srnteach.us/HIST1700/assets/projects/unit3/docs/GrandCentral.pdf |publisher=History Channel }}</ref>
**1894 The [[Kuhn, Loeb & Co.]] Bank Building at 27 Pine Street in New York City ({{Coord|40.707485|-74.009893|region:US-NY_typ:landmark|display=inline}})
**1901–1902 The [[Macy's Herald Square]] department store, between 151 West and 34th Streets in [[Manhattan]], New York City ({{Coord|40|45|1|N|73|59|18|W|region:US-NY_typ:landmark|display=inline}}) (added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1978.<ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite journal |title={{PDFlink |[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/78001873.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: R. H. Macy and Company Store] |554&nbsp;KB }} |first=George R. |last=Adams |date={{Date|1977-02}} |publisher=National Park Service }}<br />{{PDFlink |[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/78001873.pdf ''Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, undated''] |1.03&nbsp;MB}}</ref>
**The Arion Club House, between fifty-ninth Street and Park Avenue in New York City ({{Coord|40.706981|-74.00959|region:US-NY_typ:landmark|display=inline}})
**[[Siegel-Cooper Company]] [[department store]], at the cormer of West 19th Street and 6th Avenue in New York City ({{Coord|40.74069|-73.99465|region:US-NY_typ:landmark|display=inline}})
**The New York County National Bank building.
**The [[Speyer family|Speyer & Co.]] Bank building.
*The [[AXA|Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York]] building in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.
*The Boça building in Mexico City, Mexico.

==See also==
*[[American Institute of Architects]]
*[[Henry Fernbach]]


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| NAME = De Lemos, Theodore
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Architect
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1850
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Holstein]], [[German Confederation]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 12 April 1909
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
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Revision as of 12:40, 5 December 2013

Main facade of the building in 1907
Macy's Herald Square department store, 151 West 34th St., Manhattan, New York City, NY
Main facade of the building in 2007
Siegel-Cooper Company department store, West 19th Street and 6th Avenue, New York City, NY

Theodore de Lemos (1850, Holstein, German Confederation – 12 April 1909, New York City, New York, United States), son of Hermann and Maria Grothe De Lemos of Holstein, was an architect, graduated with honors at the Berlin Royal Academy of Buildings, famous for his designs in three countries, Germany, Mexico, and the United States.[1] In 1981, de Lemos left Germany and settled in New York, where he married Margaretta Becker and had a daughter, Marie Katherine.[1]

Works

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Theodore de Lemos, Architect, Is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 April 1909.
  2. ^ "History at Grand Central" (PDF). History Channel.
  3. ^ Adams, George R. (1 February 1977). "Template:PDFlink". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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