Anthony J. DePace

Anthony J. DePace
Holy Cross Church, New Britain CT
Born	July 13, 1892 Italy
Died	1977 New York City
Nationality	USA
Known for	Architect

Anthony J. DePace (1892–1977) was an American architect who designed numerous Roman Catholic churches throughout the Northeastern United States area during the mid to late 20th century.

DePace was born on July 13, 1892 in Italy. Shortly thereafter he emigrated to the United States and moved to the Bronx in New York where he lived for the rest of his life. He was educated at Morris High School (Bronx, New York) and studied evenings at the Engineering and Architecture School of New York University, earning a degree there in architectural engineering.

Upon graduation, he entered the firm of Alfred C. Bossom where he rose to the position of chief draftsman from 1917 to 1920, or alternatively recorded as 1916 to 1921. He then moved to the firm of Cass Gilbert from 1920 to 1923 and served as project manager for the construction of the New York Life Building in New York City, on the hallowed site of Richard M. Upjohn's Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City (1854) and later Stanford White's Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York City (1906).

The NY Life Insurance Tower was erected late in Cass Gilbert's career when the architect had withdrawn from most aspects of design and client relations, even for important projects. While Gilbert was the lead designer of the NY Life, it has been widely reported in his biographies that he appeared very uninterested in the project when meeting with clients and left most of the work to his staff. This might suggest a greater role for DePace.

In 1923, DePace left Cass Gilbert and formed DePace and Juster, in partnership with Samuel Juster. The firm continued in practice until 1947 when the partnership was dissolved.