George W. Keister | |
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| Born | January 10, 1859 Bellevue, Iowa, US |
| Died | December 27, 1945 (aged 86) New York City, US |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Apollo Theater, Belasco Theatre, Bronx Opera House, Hotel Gerard, Todd Haimes Theatre |
George W. Keister (January 10, 1859 – December 27, 1945)[1][2] was an American architect. His work includes the Hotel Gerard (1893), the Astor Theatre (1906),[3] the Belasco Theatre (1907), the Bronx Opera House (1913), the Apollo Theater in Harlem (1914), the Selwyn Theatre (now Todd Haimes Theatre, 1918), and the First Baptist Church in the City of New York. He also designed Woodbridge Hall at 431 Riverside Drive (1901), which faced demolition in 1996, and the Sigma Chi Fraternity at 565 W. 113th St. (1903).
- ^ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WY3-W6L : June 3, 2020), George W. Keister, 1945.
- ^ "Keister, George," Leslie's History of the Greater New York, vol. 3 (New York: Arkell Publishing Company, 1898): 640.
- ^ Morrison, Andrew Craig (2006), Theaters, (New York: W. W. Norton), ISBN 0-393-73108-1, "Astor Theatre, 1537 Broadway, New York, New York", photographs 4-039, 4-040, and 4-041, pp. 157-158. Preview online at Google Books.