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Horace Trumbauer (December 28,1868 – November 18,1938) was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age. Known predominantly for designing residential manors for the wealthy, later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and part of the campus of Duke University. His style is known for including period styles. Trumbauer was born in Philadelphia, the son of a salesman. He began his career as an apprentice to G. W. and W. D. Hewitt for six years. He opened his architectural office in 1890 and did some work for developers Wendell and Smith designing homes for middle-class planned communities including the Overbrook Farms development.
Trumbauer's first commission was for Grey Towers Castle, which he designed for the wealthy William Welsh Harrison. Harrison introduced him to Peter A. B. Widener, which launched Trumbauer's successful career. In 1903, he married Sara Thomson Williams and became a stepfather to Agnes Helena. Architectural Record published his work in 1904. He had a number of commissions until the Great Depression.
Despite his tremendous success and his apparent ability to impress wealthy clients, Trumbauer suffered from overwhelming shyness and a sense of inferiority about his lack of formal education. He began to drink heavily to help bear his burdens. He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1938.

Buildings

Philadelphia and suburbs

Adelphia Hotel, 1914
Bankers' Trust Office Building, 1922
Beneficial Savings Fund Society building, 1916
Ben Franklin Hotel, 1925
Chelten House, Elkins Park, PA, 1896, 1909
Elkins Memorial YMCA
Free Library of Philadelphia
Georgian Terrace (now Temple University Tyler School of Fine Arts, Elkins Park PA 1905
Grey Towers Castle, Glenside, PA, 1892
Hahnemann University Hospital South Tower
Isle Field, private residence in Villanova, PA, 1911 (now the Home Office of American Missionary Fellowship)
Irvine Auditorium, 1925
Jefferson Medical College: Curtis Clinic Building 1931, Jefferson Medical College Building 1929
Jenkintown Train Station, Jenkintown, PA
Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA, 1928
Land Title Building, 1902
Le Chateau Hotel, 1928
Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, PA
Music Pavilion at Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, PA, 1895
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Public Ledger Building, 1923
The Racquet Club, 1912
Saint James Apartments, 1901
Union League Annex, 1909
Whitemarsh Hall, Springfield, PA, 1916
Widener Building, 1914
Widener Memorial Training School for Crippled Children
Elsewhere
Duke Chapel, Durham, NC
The Elms, Newport, RI
El Mirasol, Palm Beach, Florida
James B. Duke House, New York, NY (now home of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts)
Miramar, Newport RI 1914
New York Post building, New York NY 1926
Rose Terrace, 12 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe, MI 1934-1976
WesBanco Building, Fairmont, WV 1911
Widener Library, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Wilson Hall, West Long Branch, NJ (administrative building at Monmouth University)

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