Schickel & Ditmars
Schickel & Ditmars was an architectural firm in New York City active from 1885 until the early 1900s during the city's gilded age and responsible for many fine churches, residences, and business buildings. J. William Schickel (1850-1907) formed the firm in 1885 as William Schickel & Company in association with Isaac E. Ditmars (1850-1934) and Hugo Kafka (1843-1913). The firm's name changed to Schickel and Ditmars in 1895, and continued under the direction of Ditmars after Schikel's death in 1907. The firm "enjoyed considerable patronage from German-American clients" and produced a large number of works for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.[1] The firm "focused primarily, although not exclusively, on preparing designs for Roman Catholic churches and institutional buildings," particularly Roman Catholic churches for German-American parishes. [2]
Noteworthy Structures
Churches and Ecclesiastical Projects:
- Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston, (in association with Edward Welby Pugin)
- St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1898
- St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church, New York City [3]
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, New York City [4]
- St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, 780-790 Main Street, Buffalo, New York (1889) [5]
- St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, New York (1887)
- St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie (1896), 201 Seminary Avenue
Yonkers, New York 10704-1896[6]
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan [7]
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Newark, New Jersey, "following the dismissal of its original architect Jeremiah O'Rourke in 1910."[8]
Office Buildings:
- The Staats-Zeitung Building [9]
- 38 West 21st Street (1908) [10]
- The Johnson Building (1903), 1166-1172 Broadway, Midtown, New York City [11]
Residences:
- The Thomas F. Ryan Residence [12]
- The John D. Crimmins Residence [13]
- The Isaac Stern Residence [14]
- The Leonard and Annie Weiderer House (1887-1888), 387 St. Paul's Avenue, Staten Island, New York City,[15]
See Also
William Shickel (1850-1907) Isaac Ditmars (1850-1934) Hugo Kafka (1843-1913)
References
- ^ [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Schickel.htm | Decker, Kevin F. "J. William Schickel (1850-1907)," University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000)
- ^ [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Ditmars.htm | Decker, Kevin F. "Isaac E. Ditmars," University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000)
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=company&id=103380&lng=3 | Schickel and Ditmars
- ^ [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Ditmars.htm | Decker, Kevin F. "Isaac E, Ditmars (1850-1934)," University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000)
- ^ [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Ditmars.htm | Decker, Kevin F. "Isaac E, Ditmars (1850-1934)," University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000)
- ^ [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/kevin.decker/Research%20Information/Ditmars.htm | Decker, Kevin F. "Isaac E, Ditmars (1850-1934)," University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000)
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=company&id=103380&lng=3 | Schickel and Ditmars
- ^ [http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=company&id=103380&lng=3 | Schickel and Ditmars
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://eng.archinform.net/arch/48888.htm | archINFORM
- ^ [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/st.pauls.avenue/st.pauls.html | Travels of St. Paul's Avenue, Staten Island
- Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.).
- St. Ignatius Loyola, A Pictorial History and Walking Guide of New York City’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 1999; Photos by Laurie Lambrecht