Albert Wagner (architect)

Albert Wagner
Born(1848-03-14)March 14, 1848
Poessneck, Germany
Died(1898-08-24)August 24, 1898
New York
Alma materPolytechnic of Stuffgart and Munich Academy
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsPuck Building
Illustration of the Puck Building from the Handbook of New York City by Moses King
A corner of the Puck Building

Albert Wagner (March 14, 1848 – August 24, 1898) was an architect from Germany who worked in New York City. Born in Poessneck, Germany, he moved to New York in 1871.[1] He designed the Puck Building, expanded years later according to designs by his relative Herman Wagner. The building housed Puck magazine. Wagner also designed 140 Franklin Street (1887), a building later converted to lofts, and 134–136 Spring Street, where clothing businesses were housed.[2] He used terra cotta, Romanesque style stone and brickwork, and ornate ironwork in his buildings.

Wagner's office was at 67 University Place.[3] He had a son named Frederick Lewis Wagner.[4] Wagner died in on August 24, 1898 in New York.[5]

  1. ^ Derby, George; White, James Terry (1896). The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. VI. James T White * Company. p. 461.
  2. ^ Miller, Tom (April 21, 2017). "Daytonian in Manhattan: Albert Wagner's 134–136 Spring Street".
  3. ^ "New York Supreme Court Case on Appeal Mary Braine Against Julie Rosswog". September 15, 1896 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Iron Age". Chilton Company. September 15, 1911 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Meyer, Henry Coddington; Wingate, Charles Frederick (June–November 1898). Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer. Vol. XXXVIII. McGraw Publishing Company. p. 289.