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Jacob Wrey Mould

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Mould's reputation was severely damaged in 1861 when it became public knowledge that he was living with a woman who was not his wife. Many of his friends stopped associating with him, including well-known lawyer and civic leader
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Besides being an accomplished architect and designer, Jacob Wrey Mould was an avid pianist and organist, and employed his talent for language in translating numerous foreign opera
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Though described as eccentric and ill-mannered, Mould was hired full-time as an assistant city architect in 1857, and from 1870 to 1871 was architect-in-chief for the
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Van Zanten, David T. (March 1969). "Jacob Wrey Mould: Echoes of Owen Jones and the High Victorian Styles in New York, 1853–1865".
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and musician, noted for his contributions to the design and construction of New York City's
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in 1883, and his final design in the United States was a temporary tomb for President
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in London in 1851. He moved to the United States in 1852, and worked on the
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Country, park & city : the architecture and life of Calvert Vaux
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MacKay, Robert B.; Anthony K. Baker; Carol A. Traynor (1997).
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Miller, Sarah Cedar (2003). Central Park Conservancy (ed.).
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Long Island country houses and their architects, 1860–1940
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Blog entry on Mould's translations, with a list of works.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City
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to the United States, and was a founding member of the
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Index

J. Wrey Mould

Clarence Cook
linguist
Central Park
High Victorian style of architecture
American Institute of Architects

Chislehurst
King's College School
Alhambra
Owen Jones
Buckingham Palace
Moorish
The Great Exhibition
Crystal Palace
Manhattan
Moses H. Grinnell
Unitarian Church of All Souls
Calvert Vaux
Frederick Law Olmsted
Belvedere Castle
Bethesda
Terrace
Department of Public Works
Long Island
Hempstead Bay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
George Templeton Strong

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