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Aldrich Court Building
Depiction of Broadway including the Columbia Building and Aldrich Court Building

William Henry Walmsley Youngs (1841–1915) was an architect. He partnered with William Arthur Cable from 1886 until 1892 at Youngs & Cable. He designed some of the earliest tall buildings in New York City.[1]

He was born in Aurelius, New York. He and H. J. Campbell designed an apartment complex in 1882.[2]

He was the architect for American Temperance Life Insurance.[3]

He designed a row of three Queen Anne Houses at 251 to 255 West 70th Street in the West End - Collegiate Historic District Extension.[4]

Columbia Building
Columbia Building

His son Frederick Tully Youngs Sr. (1867–1951) got into the steel business.[4] Frederick was contracted to work on a building designed by his father's firm.[5]

Spencer Aldrich was one of his firm's clients.[6]

He married Amanda Eells.

Work

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  • Aldrich Court Building (1886) at 41-45 Broadway[7] (demolished 1982)
  • Columbia Building at 29 Broadway, original building and extension upwards[8][6]
  • Morris Building at Broadway and Beekman
  • Hartford Building at 17th Street and Broadway

References

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  1. ^ https://www.sah.org/docs/misc-resources/brief-biographies-of-american-architects-who-died-between-1897-and-1947.pdf
  2. ^ "The American Architect and Building News". James R. Osgood & Company. July 12, 1882 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "New York, 1894: Illustrated". A.F. Parsons Publishing Company. July 12, 1894 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2462.pdf
  5. ^ "Appeal Book". July 12, 1894 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Engineering News-record". McGraw-Hill. July 12, 1907 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Umberger, Glen. "de Halve Maen Journal of The Holland Society of New York Fall 2017" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Meyer, Henry Coddington; Wingate, Charles Frederick (July 12, 1910). "The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer". McGraw Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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