Owen McGlynn
Owen McGlynn (1878–1918) was an architect who practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. He designed in a variety of styles, including the classical and Gothic revival. His built works included numerous banks, schools and churches.
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Biography
McGlynn was born at Stockton, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1878, the son of Daniel and Bridget McGlynn. The father immigrated to the United States in 1866 and worked as a coal miner,[1] and the son was educated at St. Mary's R.C. School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2] In the 1900 census at Wilkes-Barre, McGlynn gave his age as 23 and his occupation as architect.
Around 1900, McGlynn formed a partnership with an older, more established architect, Ben Davey, Jr. That year, they completed the new St. Aloysius R.C. Church in Lee Park, near Wilkes-Barre, to which they each donated a stained glass window. McGlynn married Elizabeth MacDermott on October 17, 1900.[3] After Davey died in December 1901, McGlynn took over full ownership of the practice.[4]
McGlynn died in 1918.
Architectural works
Among the completed works of Owen McGlynn are the following:
- Rubinsky Building, Market Street Luzerne, Pennsylvania (1897, while employed by Rudrauff & Davey).[5]
- C.M. Schwab School, Weatherly, Pennsylvania, begun September 1901 and dedicated on September 19, 1903.[6]
- St. Ann's Monastery, Scranton, Pennsylvania (dedicated in March, 1904).[7]
- 27 South Main Street Office Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904).[8]
- Nanticoke High School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (completed in 1904).[9]
- School and Convent, St. Mary's Church, Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1905).[10]
- Convent, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905).[11]
- Dwyer Building, 171 East Main Street, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1906).
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, (cornerstone laid October 14, 1906).[12]
- St. Mary's School, conversion of church to school, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1907).[13]
- First National Bank, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (1907).[14]
- First National Bank, Lansford, Pennsylvania (1907).[15]
- First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (1907).[16]
- Addition to Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1907).[17]
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church and Residence, Edwardsville, Pennsylvania (1907).[18]
- Town Hall, Coaldale, Pennsylvania (1907).[19]
- St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Freeland, Pennsylvania (1907).[20]
- Washington Avenue School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (1908).[21]
- Courtright Avenue School (about 1908).[22]
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (dedicated October 4, 1908).[23]
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, Scranton, Pennsylvania.[24]
- St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church, McAdoo, Pennsylvania.[25]
- James M. Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (dedicated February 1912). [26]
- Citizens Bank, Freeland, Pennsylvania (completed July 1913).[27]
Gallery
- The First National Bank, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (built 1902-1903).
- The C.M. Schwab School in Weatherly, PA (completed 1903).
- The C.M. Schwab School in Weatherly, PA (completed 1903).
- A View of the C.M. Schwab School in 2016.
- First National Bank, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (built 1904).
- St. Mary's Parochial School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905).
- St. Vincent's Convent, Plymouth, Pennsylvania (completed in 1905).
- The First National Bank, Lansford, PA (completed 1907).
- Town Hall, Coaldale, Pennsylvania (completed 1907).
- Roman Catholic Church, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (built 1908).
- Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (completed 1912).
- The Citizens Bank, Freeland, Pennsylvania (completed July 1913).
External links
References
- 1900 U.S. Census, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
- Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
- Dwight J. Stoddard, Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity, 1906.
- Wilkes-Barre Record, December 13, 1901, p. 16.
- "Wilkes-Barre Record", August 4, 1897, p.6
- Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, June 28, 1905.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, October 21, 1904.
- Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, October 1, 1904
- Wilkes-Barre Record, August 5, 1904, page 2.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, October 15, 1906.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, January 22, 1907.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p. 7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, June 17, 1908.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908, p.7
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- Wilkes-Barre Times, April 6, 1908.
- Wilkes-Barre Record, February 13, 1912, page 5.
- The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA) January 30, 1940, page 6.