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Frank Miles Day

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The Art Club of Philadelphia at 220 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, designed by Day, built in 1889-1890 and demolished in 1975-1776

Frank Miles Day (April 5, 1861 – June 15, 1918) was a Philadelphia-based architect who specialized in residences and academic buildings.

Early life and education

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1213-1215 Locust Street in Philadelphia, initially a five-story book store, designed by Day and built in 1892

In 1883, Day graduated from the Towne School of the University of Pennsylvania, and traveled to Europe. In England, he apprenticed under two architects, and won the 1885 prize from the Architectural Association of London.

Career

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After his apprenticing in England, Day returned to Philadelphia, where he worked with George T. Pearson and Addison Hutton prior to opening his own office in 1887. Day's first major commission was the Art Club of Philadelphia, which was built in 1889 and 1890 and was demolished in 1975 and 1776, on South Broad Street in Center City Philadelphia. His brother Henry joined the firm in 1893, forming Frank Miles Day & Brother, and Charles Zeller Klauder, Day's chief draftsman since 1900, became a partner in 1911, creating Day Brothers & Klauder. From 1912 to 1927, even after Day's 1918 death, the firm was known as Day & Klauder.

Day was a lecturer in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, and taught perspective at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a supervising architect for Yale University and Johns Hopkins University, and served as the supervising architect for present-day Penn State University, New York University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.[1]

Day made major additions to the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, and Wellesley College. Day & Klauder designed 18 buildings for Princeton University, although half were Klauder's work completed after Day's death.[2] Day's 1917 master plan for the University of Delaware was inspired by Thomas Jefferson's plan for the University of Virginia.[3] Following the firm's 1917 master plan for the University of Colorado Boulder campus, Klauder went on to design much of that university.

Day was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1899.[4] Day was national president of the American Institute of Architects from 1906 to 1907, a founding editor of House & Garden magazine, and author of American Country Houses of Today, published in 1915. In 1910, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate academician.

Franklin Field during the November 28, 1908 Army-Navy game, one of several University of Pennsylvania buildings designed by Day; in addition to the second Franklin Field, built in 1903 and demolished in 1922, Day designed Weightman Hall, built in 1903 and 1904 (upper left), and the current Franklin Field was designed in 1922 by Day's partner, Charles Zeller Klauder, who also added its upper deck in 1925.

Death

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Day died June 15, 1918, and is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Selected works

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Philadelphia buildings

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University of Pennsylvania

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Princeton University

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  • Holder Hall Quadrangle at Princeton University, built in 1909
  • Memorial Tower at Princeton University, built in 1911
  • Hamilton Hall at Princeton University, built in 1911
  • Princeton University Clubhouse at Princeton University, built in 1911
  • Cuyler Hall Dormitories at Princeton University, built in 1913
  • Princeton Hall (Quadrangle Club) at Princeton University, built in 1913
  • Madison Hall Dining Complex (The Commons) at Princeton University, built in 1916
  • Sage Hall Dormitories, Princeton University, built in 1916
  • Pyne Hall and Gymnasium, Princeton University, built in 1922

Pennsylvania State University

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  • Stock Pavilion at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1913
  • Liberal Arts Buildings at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built 1913–37
  • Chemical Building at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1914
  • Dairy & Creamery Building, Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1914
  • Mining Building at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, built in 1915 and later demolished

University of Delaware

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Other buildings

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References

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  1. ^ New York Times obituary, June 18, 1918.
  2. ^ Princeton Dormitories and Dining Halls
  3. ^ University of Delaware Brief History
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ Wood houses from St. Croix Architecture.
  6. ^ "10th Presbyterian Church". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. ^ New Horticultural Hall Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from Bryn Mawr College.
  8. ^ Newbold residence Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from Bryn Mawr College.
  9. ^ Philadelphia Art Alliance
  10. ^ Vernon Park Library from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
  11. ^ DC Tuberculosis Hospital photo, plans & description from Thomas Spees Carrington, Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanatorium Construction (National Tuberculosis Association, 1914), pp. 72-74.
  12. ^ "Trinity Episcopal Church". Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  13. ^ Christopher Driscoll, Janice Elston, Newtown Square, Arcadia, 2009, p. 95
  14. ^ "Founders Hall, Wellesley College". Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  15. ^ Sigma Phi from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
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