Works As Part of Kimball & Thompson (1892-1898)
From 1892 to 1898, he was part of Kimball & Thompson which built:
- The Empire Building (1895), 71 Broadway,
- The Manhattan Life Insurance Building, 1 Wall Street (demolished 1930)
- The former Catholic Apostolic Church (1897), at 417 West 57th Street, now the Lutheran Church for All Nations.
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