Guilbert and Betelle was an architecture firm formed as a partnership of Ernest F. Guilbert and James Oscar Betelle. The firm specialized in design of schools on the East Coast of the United States, with an emphasis on the "Collegiate Gothic" style.
Betelle took over the firm after Guilbert died in 1916, and oversaw design of hundreds of schools, including Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut and the Radburn School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other notable buildings for which the firm was responsible include the Essex County Hall of Records and the Essex Club (now home of the New Jersey Historical Society).
The following is a list of structures designed by the firm, ordered by state and locality:
Glenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut) (NRHP-listed)Greenwich:Cos Cob School, c. 1916Greenwich High School (Greenwich Town Hall), c. 1925
New Britain:State Normal School (Davidson Hall, CCSU), c. 1922Pierre S. duPont Rural Schools, c. 1919-1921Charles B. Lore School ('Lorelton' assisted living home), c. 1932
East Orange:East Orange High School (demolished), c. 1911
Jersey City:State Normal School at Jersey City, c. 1930
Newark:Newark
Central High School, c. 1912Chamber of Commerce Building, c. 1923Cleveland School, c. 1913East Side High School, c. 1911The Essex Club (New Jersey Historical Society), c. 1926 (NRHP-listed)Essex County Boys Vocational School, c. 1931Essex County Girls Vocational School, c. 1930Essex County Hall of Records, c. 1926Home of Ernest F. Guilbert, c. 1910Home of Franklin Murphy, Jr., c. 1925Newark Normal School, c. 1913 (Currently
Technology High School)Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts, c. 1931Ridge Street School, c. 1913Robert Treat Hotel, c. 1916South Side High School, c. 1913 (Currently Malcolm X Shabazz High School)
Weequahic High School, c. 1932West Side High School, c. 1926
South Orange and Maplewood:Clinton Elementary, c. 1929Columbia High School, c. 1927First Street School, c. 1924Jefferson Elementary, c. 1924Montrose Elementary, c. 1924Maplewood Junior High, c.1930Maplewood Municipal Building, c.1931Marshall Elementary, c.1922South Mountain Elementary, c.1929Tuscan Elementary, c. 1924
Summit:Franklin ElementaryJefferson ElementarySummit High School (Summit Middle School), c. 1923Washington Elementary, c. 1931
Vineland:Vineland High School (the Landis School), c. 1927Thomas A. Edison Jr. High, c. 1927
West OrangeWest Orange High School (
Seton Hall Preparatory School)
BronxvilleThe Bronxville School, c. 1930
Great NeckGreat Neck High School, c. 1926
New RochelleNew Rochelle High School, c. 1926
TarrytownWashington Irving School, c. 1925
Williamsport:Thaddeus Stevens Jr. High School, c. 1927Science Hall, Lincoln University, c. 1925
Duplicative to the above, the buildings designed by these architects which survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are:
Essex Club, Address Restricted Newark NJ Guilbert & BetelleGlenville School (Greenwich, Connecticut), 449 Pemberwick Rd. Greenwich CT Betelle, James OscarIron Hill School No. 112C, 1335 Old Baltimore Pike, Pencader Hundred Newark DE Betelle, James OscarCharles B. Lore Elementary School, Fourth St. and Woodlawn Ave. Wilmington DE Guilbert and BetelleOne or more buildings in Military Park (Newark) Commons Historic District, Roughly bounded by Washington Pl., McCarter Hwy, E. Park St. and Raymond Blvd. Newark NJ Guilbert and BetelleNew Jersey Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, N of Burlington Rd., W of I-295 Bordentown NJ GUILBERT & BETELLEPublic School No. 111-C, DE 7 Christiana DE Betelle,James O.Ross Point School, Road 448 near Jct. with Road 62 Laurel DE Guilbert and BetelleVineland High School, 61 W. Landis Ave. Vineland NJ Betelle, J.O.
