Andrew Jackson Warner (March 17, 1833 – September 4, 1910), also known as A. J. Warner, was a prominent architect in Rochester, New York .
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Andrew Jackson Warner
Born (1833-03-17 ) March 17, 1833Died September 4, 1910(1910-09-04) (aged 77) Burial place Mount Hope Cemetery Occupation Architect Spouse
Catherine Pardee Foster
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Warner was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1833, a son of Amos Warner Jr. and Adah (née Austin) Warner.[1] His paternal grandfather was Amos Warner, who fought in the American Revolutionary War .[1] He was educated at Guilford Academy in Guilford, Connecticut .[2]
Powers Building , 1869
Erie County and Buffalo City Hall , 1871
In 1847, he came to Rochester as an apprentice to one of his uncles, Merwin Austin, for whom he worked as a draftsman.[3] He was soon made a partner in his uncle's business, which as Austin & Warner existed from about 1855 to 1858.[4] Warner then established an independent practice until 1867 when he partnered with Charles Coots under the firm name of Andrew J. Warner & Co.[5] After this he had an independent practice, then from 1875 to 1877 partnered with James Goold Cutler (1848-1927) in a firm known as Warner & Cutler.[6] [7]
Warner was married to Catherine Pardee Foster (1834–1921), the daughter of Jonathan Foster and Hulda (née Griffin) Foster, on March 22, 1955. Together, they were the parents of two sons:[8]
Warner died in Rochester on September 4, 1910, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery .[11]
c. 1855 : Elmwood , Nunda, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[12]
1860: Brick Presbyterian Church Complex , Rochester, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[13]
1860s: United Church of Warsaw, located in the Warsaw Downtown Historic District .[14]
1863: St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, New York[10]
1864-1868: St. Patrick's Cathedral (as clerk of the works), Rochester, New York[10]
1867: Richardson-Bates House , Oswego, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[13]
1868: Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church , Rochester, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[13]
1869: Powers Building , Rochester, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[13]
1870: H. H. Richardson Complex , supervising architect for Henry Hobson Richardson , Buffalo, New York .
1871: Erie County and Buffalo City Hall , Buffalo, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[13]
1871: First Presbyterian Church (Rochester, New York) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[13]
1873-1875: Rochester City Hall , Rochester, New York
1883: First Presbyterian Church of Mumford , Mumford, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[13]
1887-1888: Wilder Building , Rochester, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[13]
1888: Ellwanger & Barry Building , (Rochester, New York)
1891: Saint Bernard's Seminary , Rochester, New York, Rochester, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[13]
1892: Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall , Auburn, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, designated National Historic Landmark in 2005.[13]
1893: Corning City Hall, Corning, New York [10]
1893: Masonic Temple, Olean, New York , located in the Union and State Streets Historic District .[15]
1893: Downs Hotel/Hotel Holley, Holley, New York , located in the Holley Village Historic District .[16]
Maruoka, Susanne Keaveney The architecture of Andrew Jackson Warner in Rochester, New York , University of Rochester Dept. of Fine Arts, 1965.
Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1899). Foster Genealogy . Press o W.B. Conkey Company. p. 824. Retrieved September 22, 2020 .
Reisem, Richard O., Mt. Hope: America's First Municipal Victorian Cemetery , Landmark Soc. of Western New York, 1994, page 18. ISBN 978-0-9641706-3-6 .