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Allen & Collens was an architectural partnership between Francis Richmond Allen and Charles Collens that was active from 1904 to 1931.[1]: 5 Allen had previously worked in the Boston-based partnerships Allen & Kenway (1878–91) and Allen & Vance (1896–98),[2] which executed Lathrop House (1901) and Davison House (1902) at Vassar College. The firm was known for its Gothic Revival design work.
Francis R. Allen died in November 1931. Charles Collens continued to practice under the name Collens, Willis and Beckonert. Collens died in September 1956.[3][4]
Notable works
References
- ^ a b Larry E. Gobrecht (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canandaigua Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 14 photos".
- ^ Marquis, ed.Who's Who in New England 1915.
- ^ "F. R. Allen Dead; Boston Architect". New York Times. November 8, 1931.
- ^ "Charles Collens Dies; Designed Buildings Here". Hartford Courant. September 20, 1956. p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library". Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture Digital Library. The Ohio State University. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ "Allen, Francis Richmond," dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org, Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950, n. d. Accessed May 12, 2021.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Central Presbyterian Church". nycago.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29.
- ^ "Architects & Craftsmen of Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston". Emmanuel Church. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ Kate Ohno and John Herzan (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: United Congregational Church". National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, from 1983
- ^ "Ron Hazelton House Tour". Good Morning America. January 6, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Cloisters Opened on Tryon Heights". The New York Times. May 11, 1938.
- ^ "Architects File Plans For the New Cloisters". The New York Times. April 6, 1935.("Plans of the Cloisters Building ... were filed yesterday by Allen, Collens & Williams, the architects.")
External links
Allen & Collens works. Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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