Chester Holmes Aldrich
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| Born |
June 4, 1871 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Died | December 26, 1940 (aged 69) Rome |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | fellow of the American Institute of Architects |
| Practice | Delano and Aldrich |
| Buildings | Kykuit |
Chester Holmes Aldrich (Providence, Rhode Island, 4 June 1871 – Rome, 26 December 1940) was an American architect and director of the American Academy in Rome from 1935 until his death in 1940.
Holmes was a member of an old New England family. He was the third son of a merchant, Elisha Smith Aldrich, and Anna Elizabeth Aldrich. He was a distant relative of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. He graduated from Columbia University's School of Mines in 1893 with a Ph. B.
He next attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He interrupted his studies at the Ecole to work with New York architects Carrère and Hastings, producing the firm's competition drawings for the New York Public Library. After he received his diploma from the Ecole in 1900, he returned to Carrère and Hastings. He had earlier befriended William Adams Delano, and left Carrère and Hastings in 1903 to open a practice with him. Together they are responsible for designing some of the most famous Beaux-Arts buildings in New York; including notably the Rockefeller family mansion of Kykuit, at the estate in Westchester County, and the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the Grand Central Art Galleries. The architects' joint work is listed under William Adams Delano. Aldrich was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was elected to the National Academy of Design as an Associate member in 1928, and made a full member in 1939. A significant collection of correspondence by Aldrich is held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York City.
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