George B. Post, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George B. Post

American architect

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1837

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1913

Profession: architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 – November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition.
Many of his most characteristic projects were for commercial buildings where new requirements pushed the traditional boundaries of design.
Many have been demolished, since their central locations in New York and other cities made them vulnerable to rebuilding in the twentieth century.
Some of his lost buildings were regarded as landmarks of their era.
He was active from 1869 almost until his death in 1913.
His sons, who had been taken into the firm in 1904, continued as George B.
Post and Sons through 1930.
Many of Post's design's were landmarks of the era.
Post's Equitable Life Building (1868–70), was the first office building designed to use elevators; Post himself leased the upper floors when contemporaries predicted they could not be rented.
His Western Union Telegraph Building (1872–75) at Dey Street in Lower Manhattan, was the first office building to rise as high as ten stories, a forerunner of skyscrapers to come.
When it was erected in "Newspaper Row" facing City Hall Park, Post's twenty-story New York World Building (1889–90) was the tallest building in New York City.