| Cass Gilbert  Born: 24-Nov-1859
Birthplace: Zanesville, OH
Died: 17-May-1934
Location of death: Brockenhurst, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Fairlawn Cemetery, Ridgefield, CT
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Architect Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Woolworth Building Father: Samuel Augustus Gilbert (d. 1868)
Mother: Elizabeth Fulton Wheeler
Wife: Julia T. Finch (m. 29-Nov-1887, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Emily Finch
Daughter: Elizabeth Wheeler
Daughter: Julia Swift
Son: Cass, Jr.
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (attended 1878-79)
Gilbert & Taylor Partner (1884-92)
McKim, Mead and White (1880-83)
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Architectural League of New York
National Academy of Design President (1926-33)
French Legion of Honor
Author of books:
Cass Gilbert: Reminiscences and Addresses (1935)
Selected edifices:
Minnesota State Capitol (1905)
Spalding Building (1911)
Woolworth Building (1913)
Central Trust Bank Building (1913)
US Treasury Annex (1919)
Detroit Public Library (1921)
West Virginia State Capitol (1925)
New York Life Building (1928)
United States Supreme Court (1935)
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