William

Lawrence

Bottomley

“Born in New York City in 1883, Bottomley received his degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1906. After working briefly in the office of New York architects Heins & La Farge, and then in the New York State architect’s office in Albany, Bottomley left for Europe in 1907 to continue his studies. Funded by the McKim Fellowship, he first attended the American Academy in Rome and then the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Bottomley returned to New York City in about 1909 and practiced with various other architects through the late 1920s. Working primarily in a neo-classical vocabulary, Bottomley designed houses, apartments, and institutional buildings in New York City and along the East Coast [especially on Monument Avenue inRichmond, Virginia]. In 1928, he opened a partnership with William Sidney Wagner and A.J. White. Their best-known commission was the luxury apartment building known as River House, rising twenty-six stories along the East River at E. 52nd Street in New York City.”  Source:  Avery Library, Columbia University

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