John B. Snook

John B. Snook
Snook c.1837
Born1815
England, United Kingdom
Died1901(1901-00-00) (aged 85–86)
Brooklyn, New York
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Maria A. Weekes
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(m. 1836)​
Practice
Buildings
DesignCast-iron buildings
Snook's Grand Central Depot, completed in 1871, seen here in the 1890s, not long before it was torn down to make way for the current Grand Central Terminal
Looking out the north end of the Murray Hill Tunnel toward the station in 1880. Note the labels for the New York and Harlem and New York and New Haven Railroads; the New York Central and Hudson River was off to the left. The two larger portals on the right allowed some horse-drawn trains to continue further downtown.
More characteristic of Snook's work are these cast-iron buildings, the Loubat Stores, at 503-511 Broadway (1878-79), with cast-iron by Cornell Iron Works[1] They replaced the southern wing of the St. Nicholas Hotel.[2]

John Butler Snook (1815–1901) was an American architect who practiced in New York City. He was responsible for the design of a number of notable cast-iron buildings, most of which are now in and around SoHo, Manhattan,[3] as well as the original Grand Central Depot, which preceded the current Grand Central Terminal.

  1. ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
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  3. ^ Smith, Mary Ann Clegg, The Commercial Architecture of John Butler Snook, (Pennsylvania State University Press) 1974.