Nationality USA Known for Architect | Name Alexander Mackintosh Died 1945 | |
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Born 2 October 1861 London, England | ||
Alexander Mackintosh (2 October 1861 — 1945) was an American architect and architectural designer active in New York City from the 1890s until his death.
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Early life
Macintosh was born in London, England to Alexander Mackintosh and his wife, the former Elizabeth Smith.
Career
According to Mackintosh's entry in the 1918 Who's Who in New York City and State, he worked for various British architects between 1878 and 1892 and won several architectural prizes, including the Sir William Tite's Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1891. Mackintosh worked for prominent British architect Sir Aston Webb before immigrating to the United States in January 1893.
After moving to the United States, he worked for Kimball & Thompson, a New York City firm, from 1893 until it disbanded in 1898, and then opened his own business. Among the Kimball & Thompson projects on which Mackintosh worked were a French Renaissance Revival mansion for Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo (1898); alterations to the B. Altman department store (1896); and the Empire Building (1895).
Works as Alexander Mackintosh
As head of his own firm, Mackintosh's projects included:
Personal life
Mackintosh became a naturalized American citizen on or about 14 October 1903. Mackintosh married Jeannette Eliza Day, daughter of Augustus P. Day of Brooklyn, New York, on 6 December 1911. They had one child, Alexander Day Mackintosh (1912 — 1989).
Alexander Mackintosh died at his home in Long Branch, NJ August 2, 1945, at age 83.