Carl Pfeiffer (architect)

Carl Pfeiffer (1834 Brunswick, Germany - 27 April 1888 Washington, D.C.) was an American architect.

Biography

He came to the United States at age 16 and resided several years in the west. In 1864, he moved to New York City where he became an eminent architect.

NYC developments and buildings designed

• New Brighton, Staten Island
• Church of the Messiah (Manhattan)
• The Roosevelt and City Hospital (1871)
• Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
• Berkshire Apartment House

See also

• Hamilton Park, Staten Island

References

• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Pfeiffer, Carl" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.