词条 | Jeremiah O'Rourke |
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| name = Jeremiah O'Rourke | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1833 | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = 1915 | death_place = | other_names = | nationality = USA | known_for = Architect }} Jeremiah O'Rourke, FAIA, (1833, Dublin – 1915), was an Irish-American architect known primarily for his designs of Roman Catholic churches and institutions and Federal post offices. He was a founder of the Newark-based architectural firms of Jeremiah O'Rourke (active from the 1850s to the 1880s) and Jeremiah O'Rourke & Sons (active from the 1880s until his death). Early lifeBorn in Dublin, Ireland, In 1850, and graduated from the Government School of Design, Queens College, Cork. He thereafter emigrated to the United States.[1] ArchitectureHe set up his architectural firm in Newark, New Jersey, where he was Patrick Charles Keely's chief "competitor for Roman Catholic church and institutional commissions in metropolitan New York and northern New Jersey."[1] He became a member and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1886.[2] O'Rourke was appointed to the office of the United States Supervising Architect in Washington, D.C. on the recommendation of both New Jersey senators in early 1893 at an annual salary of $4,500, succeeding W. J. Edbrooke of Chicago[3] (other sources state he was appointed under the administration of Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 and January 1, 1883 – January 6, 1885)[1]), where he designed several federal post offices.[4] (President Cleveland served two terms, 1885-1889 and from 1893-1897, so he did in fact appoint O'Rourke as Supervisory Architect. [5] He returned in 1894 to private practice, founding Jeremiah O'Rourke & Sons in Newark, New Jersey and New York City with sons William P. O'Rourke, Joseph B. O'Rourke, and Louis J. O'Rourke. O'Rourke and his sons specialized in ecclesiastical designs.[1] O'Rourke died April 22, 1915.[6] Works
Newark, St. Josephs, Cornerstone Nov. 28, 1872; Closed about thirty years. Currently the home of the Priory Restaurant, and clinic offices. Seton Hall college (early buildings for campus) Immaculate Conception Chapel Completely restored internally and externally. The interior is Liturgically exquisite, the exposed hammer beam roof is beautifully restored and has colorfully painted motifs. O'Rourke also designed numerous convents, schools, and rectories, (St. Patrick's pro-Cathedral Rectory adjacent to the Pro Cathedral on Washington Street and Central Avenue is from his pen. It is a beautiful building Tudor Gothic (I think) Interior has been completely renovated. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Decker, Kevin F. "Jeremiah O'Rourke (1833-1915)", University of Plattsburgh, New York (2000) {{s-start}}{{succession box |2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1033454.aspx# |title=The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects |access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316152642/http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1033454.aspx# |archive-date=2012-03-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 3. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/09/18/106915957.pdf] "MR. O'ROURKE'S RESIGNATION DEMANDED.; Secretary Carlisle Calls for the Immediate Retirement of the Supervising Architect." New York Times. September 18, 1894. 4. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/09/18/106915957.pdf] "MR. O'ROURKE'S RESIGNATION DEMANDED.; Secretary Carlisle Calls for the Immediate Retirement of the Supervising Architect." New York Times. September 18, 1894. 5. ^https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/ 6. ^Henry F. Withey, A.I.A., and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956. Facsimile edition, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970) 7. ^1 2 3 "Jeremiah O'Rourke" Emporis before= Willoughby J. Edbrooke | title= Office of the Supervising Architect | years= 1893–1894 | after= William Martin Aiken }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Orourke, Jeremiah}} 15 : 19th-century Irish people|20th-century Irish people|1833 births|1915 deaths|Irish architects|19th-century American architects|Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)|Alumni of University College Cork|American ecclesiastical architects|Gothic Revival architects|Fellows of the American Institute of Architects|People from Dublin (city)|Architects of Roman Catholic churches|Architects of cathedrals|Companies based in Newark, New Jersey |
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