Wilson Eyre

Infobox Architect


name = Wilson Eyre, Jr.
nationality = American
birth_date = 1859
birth_place = Florence, Italy
death_date = 1944
death_place = Philadelphia, PA
practice_name =
significant_buildings =
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Swann Memorial Fountain
significant_projects =
awards =|

Wilson Eyre, Jr. (October 30, 1858 - Oct. 23, 1944) was an American architect who practiced in the Philadelphia area. While his family was from Philadelphia, he was born in Florence, Italy. He studied architecture briefly at MIT. He joined the offices of James Peacock Sims and later took over the office on Sims’s death in 1892. [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/25852 Wilson Eyre Biography, Philadelphia Architects and Buildings] ]

He is known for his deliberately informal and welcoming country houses. He is also known for his distinctive artistic drawings. In 1917, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and was one of the founders of the T Square Club of Philadelphia in 1883.

He was editor and founder of "House & Garden" magazine.

Works

Infobox_nrhp | name =Wilson Eyre House
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caption =
location= 1003 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 9
long_seconds = 31
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1832
architect = Wilson Eyre, Jr.
architecture = No Style Listed
added = April 13, 1977
governing_body = Private
refnum=77001183cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
* University of Pennsylvania Museum
* Swann Memorial Fountain
* Henry Cochran house, Philadelphia, 1891
* Charles Lang Freer House, Detroit, 1890
* Charles Adam Potter House, Philadelphia, 1881-82
* Henry Genet Taylor House and office, Camden
* Anglecot, Philadelphia, 1883
* Mask and Wig Club of the University of Pennsylvania Clubhouse, 310 Quince St. Philadelphia, 1894
* University of Pennsylvania Chapter of St. Anthony Hall, 1889-1908, no longer extant as fraternity house. An Italianate palazzo that was the first fraternity house built on campus.
* His Philadelphia residence, which he extensively remodeled in 1909-1910, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Wilson Eyre House.

References

External links

*Find A Grave|id=15975435
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa1203 Wilson Eyre House] at the Historic American Buildings Survey
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/frats/deltapsi.html St. Anthony Hall, University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/32624 Wilson Eyre House] at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings