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Albert Wagner
Architect from Germany working in the USA

Albert Wagner

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Architect from Germany working in the USA
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Place of birth
Pößneck, Germany
Place of death
New York City, USA
Age
50 years
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Biography

A corner of the Puck Building

Albert Wagner (March 14, 1848 – August 24, 1898) was an architect from Germany who worked in New York City.Born in Poessneck, Germany, he moved to New York in 1871. He designed the Puck Building, expanded years later according to designs by his relative Herman Wagner. The building housed Puck magazine. Wagner also designed 140 Franklin Street (1887), a building later converted to lofts, and 134-136 Spring Street, where clothing businesses were housed. He used terra cotta, Romanesque style stone and brickwork, and ornate ironwork in his buildings.

Wagner's office was at 67 University Place.

Frederick Lewis Wagner was his son.

Wagner died in on August 24, 1898 in New York.

Work

  • Puck Building bounded by West Houston Street, Mulberry Street, Jersey Street and Lafayette Street
  • 140 Franklin Street
134 Spring Street
  • Storage Building 260-266 West 36th Street.
  • 134 Spring Street (1896), in the Soho - Cast Iron Historic District
  • 53-55 Elizabeth Street, a 7-story Philadelphia face brick and iron building for Phillip Stroebel & Sons.
  • 233 - 236 East 59th Street renovation
  • "Down Town Power House" cable station, Bayard Street and Bowery to Elizabeth Street, a Third Avenue Railroad Company project
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