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Lamb and Rich

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which operated from 1880 to 1899.The firm was preceded by the firm of Lamb & Wheeler (1877–1881) and succeeded by the firms of Charles A. Rich, Architect (1899–1916), Rich & Mathesius (1916–1928), and Rich, Mathesius & Koyl (1928–1932).
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One of their earliest commissions was Henderson Place, a tight-knit group of two dozen houses built in 1882 and located at 86th Street and East End Avenue in Manhattan. They also designed:
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The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design From Richardson to the Origins of Wright
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Lamb & Rich, Architects, and Related Firms: Buildings and Projects, 1877-1932
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Both were born about 1850. Lamb was a native of Scotland; Rich was born in
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in Brooklyn (1887). Victorian Renaissance revival style
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noted the vitality of their designs in his 1971 book,
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John M. Greene Hall at Smith College in Northampton,
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Lamb & Rich

Pratt Institute
Charles Alonzo Rich
New York City
architecture
Beverly, Massachusetts
Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Vincent J. Scully Jr.
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt
Mount Morris Bank Building
Pratt Institute
Astral Apartments
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Barnard College
Massachusetts
James Oliver
South Bend, Indiana
Claremont Town Hall
Lamb & Rich, Architects, and Related Firms: Buildings and Projects, 1877-1932
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Lamb & Rich
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