Allen and Collens

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Allen & Collens was an architectural partnership between Francis Richmond Allen and Charles Collens that was active from 1904 to 1931. Allen had previously worked in the Boston-based partnerships Allen & Kenway (1878-91) and Allen & Vance (1896-98), which executed Lathrop House (1901) and Davison House (1902) at Vassar College. The firm was known for its Gothic Revival design work.

Francis R. Allen died in November 1931. Charles Collens continued to practice under the name Collens, Willis and Beckonert. Collens died in September 1956.

Notable works

Central Presbyterian Church, 593 Park Avenue, New York, New York (Allen & Collens)

The Cloisters museum buildings, Fort Tryon Park, New York, New York (Allen, Collens & Willis)

Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (Allen & Collens)

First Parish Church, 87 School St., Waltham, Massachusetts (Allen & Collens)

Hartford Seminary Foundation, 55 Elizabeth St. and 72-120 Sherman St. Hartford, Connecticut (Collens)

Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston (Allen & Collens)

Newton City Hall and War Memorial, 1000 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, Massachusetts (Allen & Collens)

Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, 70 Hooker Ave. Poughkeepsie, New York (Collens)

The mansion at Sonnenberg Gardens, the estate house of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, Canandaigua, New York

Stillington Hall mansion, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Second Church in Newton, Newton, Massachusetts

Union Theological Seminary, W. 120th St. and Broadway, New York, New York (Allen & Collens)

United Congregational Church, 877 Park Ave. Bridgeport, Connecticut (Allen & Collens)

US Post Office, 28 N. Main St., Canandaigua, New York (Allen & Collens)

William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Allen & Collens)

References

Allen & Collens Wikipedia

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