Douglas Orr

Douglas William Orr
The Eli (Southern New England Telephone Building)
Born	March 25, 1892(1892-03-25) Meriden, Connecticut
Died	July 29, 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 74) Stony Creek, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Work
Practice	Douglas Orr, deCossy, Winder and Associates
Buildings	The Eli (Southern New England Telephone Company) Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon New Haven Lawn Club

Robert A. Taft Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Douglas William Orr (March 25, 1892—July 29, 1966) was an American architect based in New Haven, Connecticut. Born in Meriden, Connecticut, he was prolific and designed many public and commercial buildings, primarily in the New Haven area.^[1] Late in his career, Orr established a partnership with architects William deCossy and Frank Winder; the firm was then called Douglas Orr, deCossy, Winder, and Associates. Orr worked in art deco and colonial revival as well as more modern styles.^[2] He was president of the American Institute of Architects from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, he also helped to renovate the White House. He died in 1966 in Stony Creek, Connecticut.^[1]

Selected works

• World War I memorial flagpole, New Haven Green, 1928
• The Eli (Southern New England Telephone), with R. W. Foote, 1937. Art deco masterpiece on the National Register.^[2] Company headquarters converted to apartments.
• New Haven Lawn Club
• The Farnam Guest House, 616 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 1934. Georgian revival built for Henry W. Farnam.
• Laboratory for Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine, 1952
• East Pavilion (Memorial Unit), Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1953
• Columbia Gas Transmission Building, Charleston, West Virginia, 1955
• J. W. Gibbs Labs, Yale University, with Paul Schweikher, 1955. Glass, steel and Tennessee marble.
• Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, Connecticut, 1958. Faced with Stony Creek granite.
• Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon, Washington, DC, 1959
• One Church Street (First New Haven National Bank, now New Alliance Bank), New Haven, 1961. Interior lobbies faced with Stony Creek granite.
• Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health (with Philip C. Johnson), Yale University, 1964 ^[3]
• Lippard Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1965
• Community Services Building (now the Knights of Columbus Museum), New Haven, 1965.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Almanac of Famous People, 8th ed. Gale Group, 2003.
2. ^ ^{a b} Brown, Elizabeth M.: "New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design", Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1976.
3. ^ ^{a b} Cooney, Patrick L., Discovering Lower New England: Historical Tours, Chapter 26, New Haven's Modern Architecture

Persondata
Name	Orr, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 25, 1892
Place of birth	Meriden, Connecticut
Date of death	July 29, 1966
Place of death	Stony Creek, Connecticut

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