James Gamble Rodgers
| James Gamble Rogers | |
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Portrait by William Sergeant Kendall
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| Born |
March 3, 1867 Bryan Station, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | October 1, 1947 (aged 80) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University Harkness Memorial Tower, Yale University Berkeley, Jonathan Edwards, Branford, Saybrook, Trumbull, Pierson, Davenport and Timothy Dwight Colleges at Yale University Sterling Law Building, home of Yale Law School Hall of Graduate Studies, Yale University Butler Library, Columbia University Deering Library, Northwestern University Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital Yale Club of New York City |
James Gamble Rogers (March 3, 1867 — October 1, 1947) was an American architect best known for his academic commissions at Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and elsewhere.
Rogers was born in Bryan Station, Kentucky on March 3, 1867, to James M. and Katharine Gamble Rogers. Rogers attended Yale University, where he contributed to The Yale Record and was a member of the senior society Scroll and Key, whose membership included several other notable architects. He received his B.A. in 1889, and is responsible for many of the gothic revival structures at Yale University built in the 1910s through the mid-1930s, as well as the university's master plan in 1924. He designed for other universities as well, such as the Butler Library at Columbia University, many of the original buildings at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center), and several buildings at Northwestern University, notably Deering Library.
He died in New York City on October 1, 1947.
Rogers was philanthropist Edward Harkness's favorite architect, and Harkness would often condition a gift for a new academic or medical building upon the institution's agreement to hire Rogers for the project. It is thus no coincidence that Rogers' work is abundant at Yale, Columbia and the other institutions Harkness supported lavishly. Though Harkness loved Rogers's work, when Harkness donated a new home for Wolf's Head, his society at Yale, another architect (Bertram Goodhue) was chosen.
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