James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr.

James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr.
J. E. R. Carpenter in 1932
Born(1867-01-07)January 7, 1867
DiedJune 11, 1932(1932-06-11) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École des Beaux Arts
OccupationArchitect

James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. (January 7, 1867 – June 11, 1932) was the leading architect of luxury residential high-rise buildings in New York City in the early 1900s.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ John E. Wells and Robert E. Dalton: The Virginia Architects, 1835 - 1955, A Biographical Dictionary, New South Architectural Press, Richmond, Va., 1997, p. 75.
  2. ^ Carroll Van West: "J. Edwin R. Carpenter 1867-1932" in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=C035, Tennessee Historical Society, 1998.
  3. ^ Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey: Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased), New Age Publishing Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 1956, p. 109.
  4. ^ James T. White & Co., Publishers: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, New York, N.Y., 1935, Vol. 24, p. 271.