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	Cass Gilbert Biography
		Cass Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on November 29, 1859, the middle of three sons.
		When Cass was nine, the family traveled for two weeks by boat down the Ohio River to the Mississippi to make their way to St. Paul, Minnesota.
		Also, Gilbert married Julia Tappan Finch in 1887, the daughter of a wealthy attorney from Milwaukee, who brought to the marriage her connections and influence.
	www.cassgilbertsociety.org /bio.htm (904 words)

	Cass Gilbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cass Gilbert (November 29, 1859 - May 17, 1934) was born in Zanesville, Ohio, the middle of three sons, and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related.
		Local newspapers made a fuss when Gilbert sent to Georgia for marble, but the result, in which a hemispherical dome caps a high drum not unlike Saint Peter's over a range of buildings expressing the bicameral legislature, was so nobly handsome that West Virginia and Arkansas contracted for Gilbert capitols too.
		Gilbert's drawings and correspondence are preserved at the New-York Historical Society, the Minnesota Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cass_Gilbert (819 words)

	NP Architecture/Design Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Cass Gilbert (Figure 1-1) was born in 1859 to a well-established family in Zanesville, an agricultural and industrial center located in the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio.
		Cass Gilbert's father, Samuel Augustus Gilbert (1825—1868), was a topographical engineer for the U.S. Coast Survey and was assigned to projects along the East Coast, in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and elsewhere.
		Cass Gilbert was named after his father's uncle, Lewis Cass (1782—1866), who had been a secretary of state, territorial governor of Michigan, senator, and a Democratic presidential candidate in 1848.
	www.wwnorton.com /npb/nparch/cgilbertexpt.html (1129 words)

	"Inventing the Skyline": the career of Cass Gilbert by Francis Morrone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Though Gilbert began his own practice, in St. Paul, Minnesota, as early as 1885, it was not until ten years later, when he won the competition for the design of the Minnesota State Capitol, that he joined the list of American architects to be reckoned with.
		Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1859, and as a boy moved with his family to St. Paul.
		Gilbert worked with some of the most talented sculptors and mural painters and decorative artists of the period, yet there is scant mention of these artists and few details of working arrangements.
	www.newcriterion.com /archive/19/jan01/morrone.htm (2393 words)

	Gilbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gilbert van Hagen (1974-2006) A hero of the hippies, leader of 5C
		Gilbert is an alias used by the sentient dream-location Fiddler's Green in the comic Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
		Gilbert Islands, chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilbert (549 words)

	Cass Gilbert, designer of well-known buildings, deserves higher profile
		Her recently published book "Cass Gilbert: Architect" (Monacelli Press) was the first to offer a comprehensive record of Gilbert's work.
		The flurry of interest in Gilbert, she said, has continued with an exhibition, "Inventing the Skyline: the Architecture of Cass Gilbert," which runs through Jan. 21, 2001, at the New-York Historical Society.
		In the end, Irish said, "Cass Gilbert was a lucky guy" -- in terms of having worked on projects that remain visible and viable today.
	www.news.uiuc.edu /gentips/00/10arch.html (498 words)

	University of Minnesota TC: Kiosk: The best-laid plans: How Cass Gilbert's dream ran aground
		Gilbert began drawing up plans in 1907 after being contacted by members of the University's Alumni Building Committee, who also happened to be old friends and admirers of his work.
		Gilbert's scheme was massive, breathtaking, and perhaps just a tad too imperial for the egalitarian tastes of Minnesotans (in particular, drawings of the esplanade look like a rendering of the ancient harbor of Alexandria--all that's missing is Antony and Cleopatra's trireme).
		Gilbert's winning design called for a structure that would "close" the mall by squaring off to face Northrop, although in Gilbert's many drawings, that structure might be a belvedere or a large Greek-inspired columned monument with sweeping arms, not a student union.
	www1.umn.edu /urelate/kiosk/3.98text/bestplans.html (1088 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING
		Cass Gilbert was fifty years old in 1910, a tall man, with a lofty forehead, who wore rimless pince-nez and an imposing handlebar moustache.
		In February, 1911, for example, Gilbert noted in a memorandum that he had warned Woolworth that “the men in the office were standing around sucking their thumbs, marking time,” because of Woolworth’s continuing reluctance to commit himself irrevocably to the 750-foot-plus building that he had approved in principle two weeks earlier.
		Although Gilbert was impelled by professional pride to take strong exception to many of his client’s ideas, he seems to have concluded that Woolworth had a perfect right to do whatever he liked with the thirty-foot-square room on the building’s twenty-fourth floor that had been reserved for Woolworth’s private office.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1977/2/1977_2_86.shtml (4651 words)

	Cass Gilbert: The Early Years
		The story of noted architect Cass Gilbert and his early career in Minnesota, culminating in his commission to design the state capitol building in St. Paul.
		Architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) is famous for his soaring vision and classical designs, demonstrated in such landmarks as the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., and the Woolworth Building in New York City.
		Gilbert first honed his craft in Minnesota from 1882 to 1895, achieving national recognition when he earned the commission to design the state's capitol building.
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	Building Renamed for Cass Gilbert - Wired New York Forum
		Taylor wrote Gilbert and urged his friend to enter the architectural competition for the new United States Custom House at Bowling Green in Manhattan — a competition of which Taylor was in charge.
		World War I brought Gilbert one of his most unusual commissions, what is now generally called the Brooklyn Army Terminal, begun in early 1918 and just completed by the end of the war that November.
		Gilbert hobnobbed with the elite of society, and the 30th Street commission — from an immigrant born in Poland who fought for increased wages and shorter hours for workers — at first seems unusual.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=27147 (1280 words)

	Minnesota History Quarterly: Featured Article
		Cass was the middle of three sons, born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1859 to Elizabeth Wheeler and Samuel A. Gilbert, a surveyor.
		Gilbert found Taylor to be expert in "matters of contracts, superintendence, and general conduct of affairs," and the two men worked together out of their downtown St. Paul office in the Gilfillan Block until 1891, shortly after which Taylor moved to Philadelphia.
		Gilbert's argument for a marble exterior succeeded in part because St. Paul's Butler-Ryan Company was awarded the low-bid construction contract in 1897.
	www.mnhs.org /market/mhspress/MinnesotaHistory/FeaturedArticles/5305196-207 (4745 words)

	Antiques and the Arts Online
		Although Cass Gilbert eventually came to believe the extravagant ornamentation he had insisted upon was excessive (noted architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable called his Custom House "that fruitcake of Maine granite"), it remains a fine example of the style of both the French L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Italian Renaissance.
		Or serious concern to Gilbert and his team of designers was the integration of the ceremonial role of a public building with the practical requirements of record storage.
		Gilbert wrote, "I want the thing BIG and GRANDIOSE." In addition to specifying the existence and location of proposed sculptures, Gilbert gave the building a mansard roof and elaborately ornamented second floor windows, the placement of which defined the public space of the Custom House.
	www.antiquesandthearts.com /GH0-08-22-2000-12-11-52 (1684 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Cass Gilbert, leading American Beaux-Arts architect, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on November 24, 1859, the son of Gen.
		Gilbert also designed two buildings for the Austin campus, Sutton Hall (1918) and Battle Hall (1911), the latter widely recognized by architectural historians as one of the finest works of architecture in the state.
		Gilbert was one of the founders of the Architectural League of New York and served as its president in 1913-14.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgi41.html (604 words)

	Cass Gilbert
		Architect Cass Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on November 24, 1859.
		Gilbert had made such a name for himself that, in 1908, he was elected president of the American Institute of Architects.
		Gilbert's most famous architectural design was the United States Supreme Court building, located across the street from the Capitol in Washington, DC.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=164 (223 words)

	Saint Louis 1904
		Born in Ohio, Cass Gilbert studied at MIT and in Europe he subsequently set up practice in St. Paul with a former classmate, James Knox Taylor.
		Gilbert was assigned to this commission and served as chairman of the committee that devised the site plan.
		Cass Gilbert's works are unique due to his ability to produce classical yet innovative designs.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/honr219f/1904stlo.html (867 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Cass Gilbert
		Cass Gilbert moved to New York in 1899 after a successful career in St. Paul, Minnesota, that included the design of the Minnesota State Capital.
		Gilbert (1859-1934) was born in Zanesville, Ohio and began his architectural career as an apprentice in the office of Abraham Radcliff of St. Paul.
		Gilbert's early designs for the federal government, particularly Bowling Green Customs House, are imbued with the Beaux-Arts spirit that he and Taylor had embraced as ideal for federal architecture.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-CassGilbert.htm (1115 words)

	Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		American architect Cass Gilbert built many of the major monuments of his generation.
		In 1895, Gilbert won the competition for the Minnesota State Capitol, which would be completed ten years later.
		She has previously published articles on Cass Gilbert, and, with Edward Kaufman, she compiled a book-length bibliography on medievalism in the art and architecture of Britain and North America.
	www.monacellipress.com /bookpages/CassGilbert.html (167 words)

	Will crime take a Holiday? Store owner is fed up
		Gilbert heads a family-owned chain of grocery stores that has been victimized seven times in the last 12 months by armed bandits who spirited away with thousands of dollars.
		Gilbert said employees that day had observed a man with a gun and became further alarmed when the individual asked a cashier what time the store closed.
		Gilbert doesn't think that pair is the same set of bandits who twice robbed the Welsh Road store and are responsible for the first job at the Castor Avenue site.
	www.northeasttimes.com /2001/0411/cover.html (1230 words)

	Cass Gilbert: Standing the Test of Time
		Cass Gilbert would go on to help redesign American architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Inspired by the White City, a ground-breaking Italian Renaissance-styled exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, architect Cass Gilbert was determined to build a state capitol building constructed in the classical style, but with all the modern conveniences of the time.
		The story of noted architect Cass Gilbert and his early career in Minnesota, culminating in his commission to design the state capitol building in St. Paul.
	www.tpt.org /cassgilbert (352 words)

	Ramsey Hill Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Cass Gilbert, a Saint Paul native, designed approximately 30 private residences during the early years of his career.
		In 1895 Gilbert won the design competition for the Minnesota State Capitol which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
		There were 14 Cass Gilbert structures on the tour, and 19 additional Gilbert-designed homes were identified with signage by the Cass Gilbert Society for exterior viewing during the tour.
	www.ramseyhill.org /tour.htm (289 words)

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		In 1909-1910 Cass Gilbert entered a contest at the University of Minnesota to select a plan for the buildings and grounds of the Minneapolis campus.
		Cass Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1859 and moved with his family to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1867.
		The Cass Gilbert Plan not only provides for a complete scheme of building to take care of our needs for many years, but goes into landscape gardening; the campanile and the Greek Gardens are at the lower end.
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	Cass Gilbert - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was the heir of Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism.
		Gilbert is considered a skyscraper pioneer, but the cladding of his buildings looked back to Neoclassicism rather than embracing modernity.
		Gilbert's drawings and correspondence are preserved at the New-York Historical Society.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Cass_Gilbert (806 words)

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		In the late nineteenth century, Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) was one of the army of gifted young men working in the offices of McKim, Mead and White, then the leading architectural firm in the country.
		Twenty prominent architects were invited to take part in the competition, which was won by one of the least prominent members of the group, the still comparatively youthful Cass Gilbert (he was in his middle thirties), who was at that time, working in the comparative obscurity of St. Paul.
		Gilbert envisioned his building as a triumphal monument to trade and to the seas that bring trade to the U.S. shores.
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	Condo loft sales soaring at Cass Gilbert - Residential Housing Real Estate Weekly - FindArticles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The property was recently designated "The Cass Gilbert Building," with the approval of Mr.
		Gilbert's grandson and representatives of the Cass Gilbert Society, formed to perpetuate the legacy of the architect whose contributions to American architecture include the Woolworth Building, the New York Life Building and Foley Square Courthouse.
		The Cass Gilbert is offering a wide variety of two to four bedroom loft residences starting at $875,000.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_13_50/ai_111899054 (386 words)

	Biographical Sketch of the Architect
		Cass Gilbert was born at Zanesville, Ohio, November 24, 1859, the son of Samuel Augustus and Elizabeth Fulton (Wheeler) Gilbert, and the grandson of Charles Champion Gilbert, the first mayor of Zanesville.
		Cass Gilbert's father was a decorated officer of the U. Coast Survey, and attained the rank of brigadier-general of the 44th Ohio volunteer infantry during the Civil War.
		Gilbert did not confine himself to any one type of architecture but adapted in an individual manner whatever style seemed most appropriate to the subject at hand.
	www.legis.state.wv.us /Educational/Capitol_History/biog.cfm (724 words)

	NP Architecture/Design Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Nineteen essays, by a diverse group of historians and others who experience and study Gilbert's buildings in their professional lives, detail the intricate relationship between Gilbert's work and the longstanding tradition of public architecture in America.
		This volume examines Gilbert's work in five unique categories: the building of a national practice, an evaluation of his Minnesota State Capitol as "a defining moment" in American civic architecture, his New York career, his response to civic ideals in his plans for towns and universities, and his work in the public domain.
		“One reason for the recent revival in Cass Gilbert scholarship is the delight that his well-functioning and beautiful civic buildings inspire in their visitors and users.
	www.wwnorton.com /npb/nparch/cgilbert.html (319 words)

	University of Minnesota Sesquicentennial History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Gilbert, who designed the Minnesota State Capitol and landmark buildings across the country, envisioned a central mall that stretched from the edge of the earliest campus buildings on the north to the banks of the Mississippi River on the south.
		Principal responsibility for interpreting and carrying out Cass Gilbert's design was assigned to state architect Clarence H. Johnston, Sr., and landscape architects Anthony Morell and Arthur Nichols.
		Although the grandeur of Gilbert's buildings was scaled back for economy's sake, the architects followed the original plan for a mall, a central lawn flanked by a series of walkways and buildings laid out in a symmetrical arrangement.
	www1.umn.edu /sesqui/history/features/buildings/feature06.html (318 words)

	West Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and NYS Lower Manhattan Development Corp determined that the landmarked 1907 Cass Gilbert-designed 90 West Street, a precursor to the Woolworth Building, is sound and should be restored.
		The West Street Building, one of three major Downtown office buildings designed by Cass Gilbert, was built in 1905-07 for the West Street Improvement Corporation, a partnership headed by Howard Carroll.
		Cass Gilbert was one of the most prominent architects in New York in the first decade of the twentieth century.
	www.preserve.org /wtc/90westst.htm (536 words)

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