George H. Streeton

George H. Streeton, AIA (born 1864) was an American architect who worked in New York during the first half of the twentieth century, primarily for Roman Catholic clients.

George H. Streeton
The Church of Saints Cyril & Methodius and St. Raphael, the former Church of St. Raphael, in the midst of the incoming traffic to the Lincoln Tunnel, Manhattan
BornSeptember 28, 1864
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityUnited States
Known forArchitecture

Early life and education

Streeton was born September 28, 1864, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Ferrari Modeling School at Cooper Union and Cornell University. He worked for a time for the firm of Schickel and Ditmars before going into business under his own name.

Architectural practice

He designed numerous religious buildings for Roman Catholic congregations in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Works
St Francis de Sales, Manhattan
St Casimir, Yonkers
  • Cathedral of St. James, Brooklyn[1]
  • St. Ambrose Church, 222 Tompkins and Dekalb Avenues, Brooklyn
  • St. Cyril & St. Methodius and St. Raphael Church, Manhattan, New York[2]
  • 1910: The Church of the Guardian Angel Manhattan, New York (original church, replaced in 1930 by John Van Pelt)[3]
  • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Manhattan, New York[4]
  • St. Francis De Sales Church, Manhattan, New York (enlargement of church by O'Connor & Metcalf, 6 years earlier)[5]
  • St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York
  • St. Patrick's Academy, Brooklyn, New York Alterations to a catholic school on Kent Street, originally built in 1870. Work done in 1901.[6]
  • St. Raymond Church Westchester, New York[7]
  • St. Peter's Church Rectory, Staten Island, New York (church by Harding and Gooch)[8]

Works attributed to George H. Streeton
  • St. Philip Neri Church, Bronx, New York

References
  1. St. James Cathedral, citing Streeton as architect "Cathedral of St. James"
  2. David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 200.
  3. "Church of the Guardian Angel (Roman Catholic), 193 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street, New York, N.Y. 10011", New York Organ Website (Retrieved 21 July 2011
  4. David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p.198
  5. David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p. 203
  6. "St. Patrick's School," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 August 1901, 7.
  7. St. Raymond Church
  8. White and Willensky, AIA Guide to New York City, p. 888 {which edition?}
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