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Nationality
  
USA

Education
  
Cornell University

Role
  
Architect

Name
  
George Streeton

Known for
  
Architect


George H. Streeton

Born
  
September 28, 1864
Brooklyn, New York

Structures
  
Church of the Guardian Angel

George H. Streeton, AIA (born 1864) was an American architect who worked in New York during the first half of the twentieth century, primarily for Roman Catholic clients.

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Early life and education

Streeton was born September 28, 1864, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Ferrari Modeling School at Cooper Union and Cornell University. He worked for a time for the firm of Schickel and Ditmars before going into business under his own name.

Architectural practice

He designed numerous religious buildings for Roman Catholic congregations in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Works

  • Cathedral of St. James, Brooklyn
  • St. Ambrose Church, 222 Tompkins and Dekalb Avenues, Brooklyn
  • St. Cyril & St. Methodius and St. Raphael Church, Manhattan, New York
  • 1910: The Church of the Guardian Angel Manhattan, New York (original church, replaced in 1930 by John Van Pelt)
  • St. Charles Borromeo Church, Manhattan, New York
  • St. Francis De Sales Church, Manhattan, New York (enlargement of church by O'Connor & Metcalf, 6 years earlier)
  • St. Casimir Church, Yonkers, New York
  • St. Raymond Church Westchester, New York
  • St. Peter's Church Rectory, Staten Island, New York (church by Harding and Gooch)

    • Works attributed to George H. Streeton

  • St. Philip Neri Church, Bronx, New York

    • References

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