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Robinson practiced continuously in New Haven until his death in 1923. Though he was best known for the design of schools, Robinson designed all types of buildings, including the First
National Bank Building of 1895, New Haven's first skyscraper. By this time he was the leading architect in New Haven.
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Architectural Club of New Haven, later the Connecticut Architectural League, and was its first president. After his death the organization created the Leoni W. Robinson Memorial Medal, similar in conception to the
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Southern New England Telephone Company Building Addition, 126 Court St,
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Southern New England Telephone Company Building, 185 Pearl St,
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in 1929. It is not known if the medal was awarded after 1929.
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Episcopal Church of the Ascension (former), 375 Howard Ave,
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A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County
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Whitney Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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Prospect Hill Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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Howard Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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Leoni Warren Robinson was born September 26, 1851, in
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Ninth Square Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style
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Main Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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Seymour High School and Annex NRHP Registration Form
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New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design
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194:Donn Barber
80:Nationality
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88:Occupation
47:1851-09-26
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212:in 1984.
118:architect
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190:Hartford
83:American
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