Edwin A. Quick

Edwin A. Quick (1841-1913) was an American architect practicing in Yonkers, New York, directly north of New York City.

Edwin A. Quick
Edwin A. Quick, 1900
Born	May 24, 1841 Rhinebeck, New York
Died	October 19, 1913 Yonkers, New York
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
Practice	E. A. Quick; E. A. Quick & Son

Messiah Baptist Church, Yonkers, 1887.

Colgate Library, Colgate University, 1889.

Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, 1903.

Yonkers City Hall, Yonkers, 1908.

Life and career

Edwin Quick was born in 1841 in Rhinebeck, New York, where he attended the Rhinebeck Academy. He studied architecture,^[1] and worked as a construction superintendent in New York in the 1860s and 1870s, working for Gilman & Kendall, J. William Schickel, and Renwick & Sands.^[2] He moved to Yonkers in April, 1874.^[1] He was practicing independently as an architect by 1882.^[3] Circa 1891 he made his son, H. Lansing Quick, a partner in the firm, which became Edwin A. Quick & Son. The two practiced together until 1913, upon the elder Quick's death.

Quick died on October 19, 1913, at his home in Yonkers.^[2]

Architectural works

E. A. Quick, before 1891

• 1887 - Messiah Baptist Church, 76 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, New York^[4]
• 1889 - Colgate Library (Former), Colgate University, Hamilton, New York^[5]
• 1890 - Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 320 Walnut St, Yonkers, New York^[4]
  • Destroyed.
• 1891 - Leslie M. Saunders House (Greystone), 1 Greystone Ter, Yonkers, New York^[6]

E. A. Quick & Son, 1891-1913

• 1891 - Macedonia Baptist Church, 243 Pershing Dr, Ansonia, Connecticut^[7]
• 1891 - Nodine Hill Water Tower, Elm St, Yonkers, New York^[8]
  • Collapsed in 1937.^[9]
• 1893 - Westchester County Hall of Records, 166 Main St, White Plains, New York^[10]
  • Demolished.
• 1894 - Yonkers City Hospital, 1 Ridge Hill Blvd, Yonkers, New York^[11]
  • Demolished.
• 1896 - Citizens' National Bank Building, 6 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York^[12]
  • Demolished.
• 1896 - McCann Building, 25 N Broadway, Yonkers, New York^[13]
• 1899 - Merrill (President's) House, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York^[14]
• 1900 - Hamilton High School, 35 Broad St, Hamilton, New York^[15]
  • Demolished.
• 1900 - Anna J. Ivers Apartments, 37 Oak St, Yonkers, New York^[16]
• 1900 - New York Telephone Co. Exchange Building, 47 S 6th Ave, Mount Vernon, New York^[17]
• 1901 - Dayspring Presbyterian Church, 320 Walnut St, Yonkers, New York^[18]
• 1901 - Henry R. Hicks House, 303 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York^[19]
  • Demolished.
• 1901 - Oak Street Firehouse, 81 Oak St, Yonkers, New York^[18]
• 1903 - Yonkers Public Library, 70 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York^[20]
  • Demolished in 1982.
• 1908 - Yonkers City Hall, 40 S Broadway, Yonkers, New York^[21]
• 1912 - Hamilton Theatre, 9 Main St, Yonkers, New York^[22]
  • Demolished in 1927.